Acony Bell

Yesterday I had a case of the sads.  I decided that I needed to create a playlist for my iPod full of happy songs that I could listen to on my way to work and possibly infuse me with a little of that missing pep.  While doing this I realized that my iTunes doesn't contain all of my happy songs.  Number one among them being a song called Acony Bell by Gillian Welch:

The fairest bloom the mountain knows
Is not an iris or a wild rose
But the little flower of which i'll tell
Known as the brave acony bell

Just a simple flower so small and plain
With a pearly hue and a little known name
But the yellow birds sing when they see it bloom
For they know that spring is coming soon

Well it makes its home mid the rocks and the rills
Where the snow lies deep on the windy hills
And it tells the world "why should i wait
This ice and snow is gonna melt away"

And so i'll sing that yellow bird's song
For the troubled times will soon be gone

 

I love the lyrics.  It reminds me to cheer up because my "troubled times" cannot last.  One time last year I was feeling really discouraged by my job and I would sit in my car and listen to this song three or four times before going in, and then I put a picture of an oconee bell flower on my desktop.  

BUT I couldn't put "Acony Bell" on my playlist BECAUSE it is not saved to my computer.  I gave up and thought I'd just have to make a playlist manually as I drive (I know, safe...).  So I put on "Mr. Moon" by Kate Micucci, and while it was playing my iPod died.  So I didn't get to listen to "Acony Bell" or any other happy song.  I had to listen to the bloomin' RADIO which was playing sad country songs or "Eleanor Rigby".