Music Meme

Thanks to VE over at VE's Fantastical Nonsense, I have been tagged. It is supposed to be the top 10 most embarrassing songs that you owned as a teen or pre-teen. But I have always been too cheap to pay real money for music (until now - Thanks iTunes!) so we'll have to go with songs that I know the lyrics to!

I know the lyrics to a lot of cheesy music. I love to sing while I drive. I sing bad but Dixie doesn't seem to mind. So I sing on....

1. Sunshine On My Shoulders by John Denver - How could I not love this song? John Denver is the "Voice of America" according to something I read somewhere. OK, I just made that up. But how can you pass on a song with lyrics like "Sunshine almost always makes me high"?
2. Top of The World by The Carpenters - Man, give me a microphone and I will belt out any song by the Carpenters. There is no excuse for this. But poor, poor Karen.....
3. The Rose by Bette Midler - Never saw the movie but my piano teacher made me learn this song when I was 12. It is all Mrs. Bennett's fault! She wanted to punish me. She never really appreciated the fact that I liked to play piano with my toes.
4. Muskrat Love by Captain & Tennille -I had a secret crush on the Captain. I cut my hair like Tennille in hopes that he would leave her for me! ".....Nibblin' on bacon, chewin' on cheese...." Gotta love that!
5. Those Were The Days, My Friend by Mary Hopkins - This song was way before my time. I was 1 when it was released. Somehow it made it's way into my brain - I couldn't begin to tell you how!
6. Rocky Top by The Osborne Brothers - I graduated from the University of Tennessee. It wuz part of my edjamacation. Ain't that a quirement to gadeate from this here school?
7. Seasons In The Sun by Terry Jacks - Why? Why? Why do I know this?
8. The Streak by Ray Stevens - My favorite part "Ethel, git your clothes on!" Doesn't everyone love a song about being nekkid?
9. Ode to Billy Joe by Bobbie Gentry - My grandparent's farm was near the Tallahatchie River in Mississippi. I was convinced that the bridge near their home was the one Billy Joe McAlister had jumped from. Every time I would pass it, I would try to figure out how he died from such a short jump into such a pitiful excuse for a river.
10. You Never Even Called Me By My Name by David Allen Coe - We had a great tradition in college. Every so often, we would have "Shit Kickin' Redneck Night". Beer was $3 for all you could drink from 9pm to 11pm at one of our favorite bars. Boy, we could pack it away in those 2 hours! Apparently I was a very butch redneck. One night a couple of guys tried to pick a fight with me. Then they spotted my boobs (They must have been smashed because the girls aren't small by any means!) and they switched tactics - trying to pick me up. They weren't successful!

Hmmm.....who should I tag?? I think I'll leave it up to you. That is if you are brave enough.