Been hearing a lot of folks complaining about Valentine’s Day this year. Right there with you, friends. Here’s a song I wrote a few years back that makes fun of most of the love songs we like to play on this day. It will probably be on my next CD:

A Love Song That’s True (words and music by Eric Folkerth)

(note: if you can’t get the player to work, it could be because it’s an old post and I had to move the file…sorry…)

A Love Song That’s True
You Mean the world to me…
But, when you’re out of town
This big blue-green ball
Keep on spinning right around.

You are a part of me…
But, that line is just pretend
‘Cause I’ve still got all my fingers
And I’ve still got all my limbs

And I’d be lost without you…
But, the truth is, when I pack
That I always take a compass
And I usually take a map.

And so what I’m really search for
Is a love song that’s true
So, I guess that I’ll just say that I love you.

You’re the wind in my wings…
But, that’s really quite absurb
‘Cause you’re really not the wind
And I’m really not a bird.

You are my only one…
And yet, when I count my friends
They number in the hundreds
Or at least into the tens.

And I’m totally crazy ’bout you…
But, the simple truth remains
Every moment we’re together
I’m really still quite sane.

And so what I’m really search for
Is a love song that’s true
So, I guess that I’ll just say that I love you.