Here’s the Lyric-of-the-Day project recap from May 2014.

As a refresher, each day from Jan. 1, 2013 through Dec. 31, 2014, I posted a lyric on my Twitter feed. At the end of each month, I created a Spotify playlist of the songs featured, and throughout much of 2013-14 here on the blog. But, thanks to work and life, I’m still trying to get these last few playlists and links live!

Here’s May’s #LOTD2014 playlist (find the Spotify playlist I’ve created from these lyrics linked at the end of the post or on the clickable image at right), with some brief explanations (in italics) for a number of the lyrics.

• “A chick walks by/You wish you could sex her/But you’re standing on the wall/Like you was Poindexter” #YoungMC “Bust A Move” #LOTD2014 5/1 (Young MC performed at Response Expo’s closing night party, atop the third-base dugout roof at Petco Park.)
• “Buy me a drink/Sing me a song/Take me as I come/Cause I can’t stay long” #TomPettyAndTheHeartbreakers “Mary Jane’s Last Dance”#LOTD2014 5/2
• “We are the kids of war and peace/From Anaheim to the middle east” #GreenDay “Jesus Of Suburbia” #LOTD2014 5/3
• “Our love will last now/Till the end of time/Because this love now/Is gonna be yours and mine” #DaveClark5 “Glad All Over” #LOTD2014 5/4 (Watched the fantastic “Glad All Over: The Dave Clark Five and Beyond.” Recommend!)
• “I’m bad enough & I guess we’re doing fine/But I’m scared of something more that’s on the line” #Raconteurs “Five On The Five” #LOTD2014 5/5 (Five on the five. Right?)
• “I know there/Shall be peace in the valley/And it’s all an affair/Of my life with the…” “Heroes And Villains” #BeachBoys #LOTD2014 5/6
• “Changes come before we can go/Learn to see them before we’re too old” #StevieRayVaughan “Couldn’t Stand The Weather” #LOTD2014 5/7
• “I smoke old stogies I’ve found/Short, but not too big around/I’m a man of means by no means” #RogerMiller “King Of The Road” #LOTD2014 5/8
• “Will you still be sending me a valentine/Birthday greetings, bottle of wine?” #TheBeatles “When I’m Sixty-Four” #LOTD2014 5/9 #Happy64thMom (My mom Diana celebrated her 64th birthday.)
• “I can/Sing and/Hear me/Know me” #Weezer “Undone – The Sweater Song” #LOTD2014 5/10 #BlueAlbum #20thAnniversary
• “My heart’s wood, she’s a carpenter/She’s an angel in the night, what she does is alright” #BruceSpringsteen “Thundercrack” #LOTD2014 5/11
• “You said you were foolish but I saw the genius/In pulling the stitches apart” #Kasabian “Let’s Roll Like We Used To” #LOTD2014 5/12
• I take this verse to heart so very much. “Take this mouth/So quick to criticize/Take this mouth/Give it a kiss” #U2 “Yahweh” #LOTD2014 5/13
• “I could dream ahead before my world turn blue/And the light inside would only shine for you” #TheBlackKeys “Turn Blue” #LOTD2014 5/14
• “For the ones who had a notion/A notion deep inside/That it ain’t no sin to be glad you’re alive” #BruceSpringsteen “Badlands” #LOTD2014 5/15 (For my birthday, one of the best lines from one of my absolute favorite songs.)
• “Were you born to resist or be abused/I swear I’ll never give in/I refuse” #FooFighters “Best Of You” #LOTD2014 5/16 #Game7 #GoKingsGo (The Kings annihilated the Ducks in Anaheim to win the Western Conference Semifinals.)
• “Nobody f-ing with my bro from Morningside/Go by Bubba/Hit that dance like thunder” #CaliSwagDistrict “Teach Me How To Dougie” #LOTD2014 5/17
• “Cause the free wind is blowin’ through your hair/And the days surround your daylight there” #America “Ventura Highway” #LOTD2014 5/18 (Gorgeous drive home down the coast from Santa Barbara after our latest wedding prep weekend.)
• “Dreams, they complicate my life/Dreams, they complement my life/This time, no escape, I wake up” #REM “Get Up” #LOTD2014 5/19
• “He said that thing in California is kind of compromised/Someone must’ve said something” #TheHoldSteady “Runner’s High” #LOTD2014 5/20
• “Take her down to the river/Split her right up the middle/Now there’s gonna be trouble” #JennyLewis “The Next Messiah” #LOTD2014 5/21 (One of my favorite Jenny Lewis songs, performed live at The Observatory in Santa Ana tonight.)
• “Come on in/I’ve gotta tell you what a state I’m in/I’ve gotta tell you in my loudest tones” #Coldplay “Warning Sign” #LOTD2014 5/22
• “And after all the violence and double talk/There’s just a song in the trouble and the strife” #DireStraits “Walk Of Life” #LOTD2014 5/23
• “Maybe I’ll put a hole in your head/You know, just for the f*ck of it/I can reduce you if I want” #NIN “Big Man With A Gun” #LOTD2014 5/24 (The UC Santa Barbara shooting left seven dead. Asshole.)
• “Oh baby come on out to the sea/Come on take a walk down Sunset with me” #CountingCrows “Los Angeles” #LOTD2014 5/25
• “Chased our pleasures here/Dug our treasures there/But can you still recall/The time we cried” #TheDoors “Break On Through” #LOTD2014 5/26
• “Today I think I saw 10,000 cell phones/But not one decent conversation” #SallieFordAndTheSoundOutside “Write Me A Letter” #LOTD2014 5/27
• “Conquering myself/Until I see another hurdle approaching/Say we can, say we will” #EchoAndTheBunnymen “The Cutter” #LOTD2014 5/28
• “Don’t give the ghost up just clench your fist/You should have known by now you were on …” “My List” #TheKillers #LOTD2014 5/29
• “So while you sit back and wonder why/I got this f*cking thorn in my side/Oh my god, it’s a mirage” #BeastieBoys “Sabotage” #LOTD2014 5/30
• “Don’t you take it so hard now/And please don’t take it so bad/I’ll still be thinkin’ of you” #GunsNRoses “Don’t Cry” #LOTD2014 5/31

Here’s the Spotify playlist if you’d like to listen along: #LOTD2014: May