Artist: Catie Curtis
Song: Bicycle Named Heaven
Album: My Shirt Looks Good On You (1999)
There's something so honest about folk rocker Catie Curtis' voice. It's full ... Full Description of life and is the kind of voice that comes from someone who doesn't exist, but rather lives. The product of Curtis' life thus far is served up on her soulful fourth set, My Shirt Looks Good on You, a winning and driven folk-rock collection that explores love in Curtis' signature idealistic fashion. "Love Takes the Best of You" offers up an exploration of not romantic love, as many of the disc's 14 songs do, but maternal love, as Curtis sings of adopting an international baby. The song's lyrics are so simply touching: "And I wish I could promise you a beautiful world/That would never break your heart/Maybe that's what we are here for/We try and fix what comes apart." Sometimes full of adolescent charm, as on the title track; sometimes stark, as on "Don't Lay Down," a song-letter to a dying friend, Curtis is always full of heart on this collection. Musically, My Shirt Looks Good on You is a pure folk-rock fest, inspiring a good toe-tapping, eyes-closed-in-affirmation listening experience. The fabric of the sound is a tapestry of Curtis' robust voice and guitar and Jimmy Ryan's electric mandolin backed by a generally mid-tempo beat. The prominence of the electric mandolin transcends the disc's sound into something lofty and mesmerizing. This record will look and sound good on audiences' players. ~ Liana Jonas
Long nights, no sleep
Let's not turn alarm clocks on
Calls wait on my machine
Papers piling up on the front lawn
Love and happiness ruined my ambition
Love and happiness
Love and happiness, that's my condition
Love love love love and happiness
Take your time, stay for breakfast
And tell me why that tattoo
Why drive home this morning?
My shirt looks good on you
Love and happiness ruined my ambition
Love and happiness
Love and happiness, that's my condition
Love love love love and happiness
Who's the president?
I don't care
Who's the monkey, who's the mayor
What's the story
What's the news
What's the difference
All I want is you
I don't want to leave this feeling
I don't want to leave this house
I turned myself in with you and
Only you can turn me out
Love and happiness ruined my ambition
Love and happiness
Love and happiness, that's my condition
Love love love love love
Love and happiness
Love love love love love and happiness
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