Today is a melancholy day – meaning it is a day to listen to my country playlist

• Johnny Cash
• Kenny Rogers
• Alison Krauss
• Charley Pride
• Charlie Daniels
• Conway Twitty
• Dennis Agajanian
• Confederate Railroad
• Hank Williams, Jr.
• Ronnie Milsap

And of course, King George

It was one of his songs that stood out to me this morning as the ones and zeros flipped files into my ears – If You Ain’t Lovin’ (You Ain’t Livin’)

In a nutshell, the song states that money and fame isn’t worth squat if there is no one there with you. Good words…

If you got a Cadillac, boy,
And a forty room shack, boy,
A bucket full of money
And a tree full of honey,
But if you’re gettin’ no huggin’,
No smoochin’ or a-muggin’.
If you ain’t lovin’,
Then you ain’t livin’.

If you’re ridin’ on a gravy train
Instead of walkin down lover’s lane,
You can’t make hay, boy,
‘Cause you’re goin’ the wrong way boy.
You gotta get a little honey,
It’s better than money.
If you ain’t lovin’,
Then you ain’t livin’.

If they call you a big man
‘Cause you gotta lotta bottom land.
If you�re kin to the president
And you help run the government,
But if you’re gettin’ no attention,
You’re better off on a pension.
If you ain’t lovin’,
Then you ain’t livin’.

If you got a string of long cars
And you’re smokin’ them four – bit cigars.
You ain’t no well to do
Unless you get a little koochi-koo.
It takes a little bit of smackin’
All your life’s a-lackin’.
If you ain’t lovin’,
Then you ain’t livin’…