I’m looking for love songs that don’t have a hint of despair in them. No girlfriend in a coma, no one for my baby and one for the road. Just happy love songs.
I will start you off with:
1. Jersey Girl by Tom Waits (not Bruce Springsteen’s version)
Difficulty: no google searches on ‘happy love songs’ or the like.
Dean Martin – Ain’t That A Kick In The Head?
I’m Glad I Hithced My Apple Wagon To your Cart – The Boy Least Likely To
Johnsburg, Illinois – Tom Waits
Picture in a Frame – Tom Waits
God Only Knows – The Beach Boys
I Was Made To Love Her – The beach Boys/Stevie Wonder
I’m The Man Who Loves You – Wilco
(They Long To Be) Close To You – The Carpenters
Lay Lady Lay – Bob Dylan
Shelter From The Storm – Bob Dylan
Tennessee – Silver Jews
Dorothy Please Trim Your Hinge (misprint) – Ivor Biggun
TOOL, Ænima – track 11 – “Push It”
I Can Hear Music – The Beach Boys