Nothing deep today… Just a smile.
A few weeks back my family was listening to the radio while we were sitting in the car waiting for some friends. I couldn’t help humming along with the old tune that was playing: “If you like pina coladas and getting caught in the rain…” I remember hearing this song playing when I was a kid, but I’d never really paid attention to its meaning. I just liked some of the silly lyrics like the one that said, “if you have half a brain.”
I was a little embarassed to sing along with the lyrics knowing that my kids were in the backseat. There’s nothing like having kids to make you realize how awful some song lyrics really are! I remember walking through the mall with teenaged friends back in the 1980s singing, “Obsession, you’re my obsession, who do you want me to be…” Can anyone finish those lyrics? I’m not going to write it here! (And please don’t write it in the comments). But I sang it in public at about age 15! If that came on the radio now, I’d change the station in a heartbeat for fear that my 7 year old would start singing along.
But my husband and I let the “Pina Colada” song play out, figuring our kids weren’t really listening. The song was just ending when my nine year old son asked, “Mom, what do they mean ‘If you like bean enchiladas?'”
(To read another story of my failed attempts to shelter my kids from bad influences, check out the post, Potty Talk.)