Two Examples of Joy

American Honey
by Lady Antebellum

She grew up on a side of the road
Where the church bells ring and strong love grows
She grew up good
She grew up slow
Like American honey

Steady as a preacher
Free as a weed
Couldn't wait to get goin'
But wasn't quite ready to leave
So innocent, pure and sweet
American honey

There's a wild, wild whisper
Blowin' in the wind
Callin' out my name like a long lost friend
Oh I miss those days as the years go by
Oh nothing's sweeter than summertime
And American honey

Get caught in the race
Of this crazy life
Tryin' to be everything can make you lose your mind
I just wanna go back in time
To American honey, yea

There's a wild, wild whisper
Blowin' in the wind
Callin' out my name like a long lost friend
Oh I miss those days as the years go by
Oh nothing's sweeter than summertime
And American honey

Gone for so long now
I gotta get back to her somehow
To American honey

Ooh There's a wild, wild whisper
Blowin' in the wind
Callin' out my name like a long lost friend
Oh I miss those days as the years go by
Oh nothin's sweeter than summertime
And American honey
And American honey

Explanation- This song is an example of joy because it is talking about a girl who was happy during the summer and everything was fun and simple and now everything is hard. A line from this song that is an example of this is, "Oh I miss those days as the years go by. Oh nothin's sweeter than summertime." So in other words she says how she misses everything about those days and nothing is better than the summer.



Laughed Until We Cried
by Jason Aldean

Goin’ through my closet the other day
I found an old yearbook
Flipped right to the page of that senior trip
Down there on that Panama strip
We all started yellin’ when we smelled the beach
Couldn't wait to try our fake I.D.’s
We only had a few days
And a whole lot of memories to make

Oh man we were livin’
Didn't waste one minute
We talked and drank and danced and said goodbye
We laughed until we cried

This past year my family
Was sittin’ cross-legged 'round the Christmas tree
Listenin’ to granddad
We all knew it probably be his last
He was crackin’ jokes and we were takin’ turns
Tellin’ stories ‘bout fishin’ or lessons learned
Out on the porch with him
We all felt like kids again

Oh man we were livin
Sittin' there reminiscin'
We sang and talked and traveled back in time
We laughed until we cried

It's like the best days under the sun
Every emotion rolled into one
A little of this a little of that
Kinda happy kinda sad

Just the other night the baby was cryin’
So I got out of bed rocked her awhile
And I held her tight
And I told her it would be all right
And my mind went back to a few years ago
When we tried so long
We almost gave up hope
And I remember you
Comin' in and tellin’ me the news

Oh man we were livin’
Goin’ crazy in the kitchen
We danced and screamed and held each other tight
We laughed until we cried

Explanation- This song is also an example of joy because it talks about his memories on his senior trip, Christmas with his family, and when his daughter was first born and the realtionship between his wife. An example of this is, "I found an old yearbook. Flipped right to the page of that senior trip. We all started yellin’ when we smelled the beach, couldn't wait to try our fake I.D.’s. We only had a few days and a whole lot of memories to make." Another line that is an example of this is, "This past year my family was sittin’ cross-legged 'round the Christmas tree listenin’ to granddad, we all knew it probably be his last." Those two lines are talking about his memories on the senior trip and his last Christmas with his grandfather. A third example is, "The baby was cryin' so I got out of bed rocked her awhile and I held her tight and I told her it would be all right. And my mind went back to a few years ago when we tried so long, we almost gave up hope." This line is saying how he remembers that him and his wife almost gave up hope because she wasn't getting pregnant and then finally she got pregnant so they were joyful.