I use the Twitter bot “Lyric of the Day” quite often. Music inspires me and keeps me energized during the work day, de-stresses me, pumps me up at the gym or just makes me happy. While the musical tones and instruments are obviously part of the reason, lyrics always make it for me.

I also recently signed up for last.fm leaving my Pandora days behind me hoping to find different types of music that suit me. So far, they’re spot on.

This song by James Morrison, “Once When I Was Little” has been on repeat for the past 24 hours since it came into my playlist. It talks about when he was younger and how everything is easier and simpler. It’s so true. We didn’t have bills to pay or relationships to deal with. Death wasn’t part of any sentence and our biggest to-do list item was take a nap or have a snack with mom and dad. This song is a good “break” song to listen to and think back to those times.

Oh the good old days.

Favorite part of the lyrics:

Yeah I could dream more then
I believed more then
That the world could only get better
I could be free more then
I could pretend more then
That this life could only show me good times
Once, when I was little

Great acoustic version: