Love Like Crazy by Lee Brice

They called them crazy when they started out
Said seventeen's too young to know what loves about
They've been together fifty-eight years now
That’s crazy

He brought home sixty-seven bucks a week
He bought a little 2 bedroom house on Maple Street
Where she blessed him with six more mouths to feed
Yea that’s crazy

Just ask him how he did it; he'll say pull up a seat
It'll only take a minute, to tell you everything
Be a best friend, tell the truth, and overuse I Love You
Go to work, do your best, don't outsmart your common since
Never let your prayin' knees get lazy
And love like crazy

They called him crazy when he quit his job
Said them home computers, boy they'll never take off
He sold his one man shop to Microsoft
They paid like crazy

Just ask him how he made it
He'll tell you faith and sweat
And the heart of a faithful woman,
Who never let him forget

Be a best friend, tell the truth, and overuse I Love You
Go to work, do your best, don't outsmart your common since
Never let your prayin knees get lazy
And love like crazy

Always treat your woman like a lady
Never get to old to call her baby
Never let your prayin knees get lazy
And love like crazy

They called him crazy when they started out
They've been together fifty-eight years now

Aint that crazy?

This week I kept looking through the poems, but I just didn't like any of them. So instead this week I decided to do a song. It's one of my favorites and it makes me think of my boy :) The first stanza always makes me think of my grandparents and how parents are always saying you don't know what love is at such a young age, but there are always those young people who live a life that forces them to mature much faster than their peers. I feel like I've had one of those years where I really realized that the world isn't going to be an easy place to live in and there are gonna be a lot worse things that could happen after high school, but there could also be a lot of better things. The second stanza makes me laugh a little because one day I'd like to have six kids too, but it also makes me think that each time I tell people that is what I want they think I'm crazy. I don't think anyone's dream is crazy. No one wants their dreams to be criticized or mocked, but it seems like that is all we can do in society today. It seems like when a person gets in the way of their own dream then they have to blame everyone else and then they have to try to ruin everyone's dream. The third stanza is saying that you should never get to big for your britches and you should never forget who you are. Don't let people influence you to do anything other than what you feel is best for you. They probably aren't looking out for the best things for you. I think the fourth stanza is saying that you have to take chances in life. "You will fail 100% of the times you don't try" is one of my favorite quotes. I feel like people should live life like there is nothing to lose. People should never judge others by the chances they take in their lives. At least they were willing to try and let faith do some work for them. "Never let your prayin' knees get lazy" makes me think that you should never feel too proud to admit defeat and you should never be too right to admit you can be wrong and you should absolutely, positively, undoubtedly never be too close to give up. I absolutely love this song and I think it is a lot more than just a love song to me. In my eyes it's a life song. It's a lesson I think everyone will learn one day. They may learn it quickly or at a young age or at ninety years old or it may take years to learn, but everyone deserves to feel like they deserve their dreams. They should feel like it's okay to ask for help and it's okay to take a chance and it's always okay to pass something up when your gut tells you to.