Dinner on a Dollar (Ramen Song)

 G                      C                       D

College student making Ramen noodles

G                                            C                D    

Ten cents a package and my pot runneth over

G                              C           D

Hey buddy, can you spare a dime?

G                                         C               D

I’ll eat Ramen noodles one last time.

And it’s

G                 D          C          G

Starch with flavored water again

G                 D          C          G

Starch with flavored water again

G    D         C    G

MSG and sodium

G                 D          C          G

Starch with flavored water again

Sunday dinner making something special

So I make a box of mac and cheese

Tomorrow I’ll have hot dogs at RC Willy

And hit up Costco for some samples of chili

But for now it’s

Starch with fake cheese powder again

Starch with fake cheese powder again

Calories number something seven-ten

Starch with fake cheese powder again

Monday night getting ready for FHE

I’m sick of pasta so I wonder what to eat

Open up the cupboard and grab a tortilla

Steal cheese and salsa and I make a quesadilla

And it’s

Starch with cheese and salsa again

Starch with cheese and salsa again

Starch with cheese and salsa AGAIN!

Starch with cheese and salsa again.

Tuesday night I rummage through the pantry

Eat what I can and go see Aaron next door.

He says, “Marcie! How’s it going? Have you eaten?”

I say I haven’t…but I have. Is that cheating?

Of course not! Cuz he makes me

Starch with flavored water again

Starch with flavored water again

I mean, who makes Ramen for company?!

Starch with flavored water again

Na Na (NyQuil)

This song is composed of three parts.  They can be mixed up and switched around however and whenever you wish!

Here is a lovely recording I made with two other ladies.

Capo 4

Part Uno
A.................. E.....................
What makes a heart freak out?
.........D.............................A.....E 
What makes a heart beat slow?
A........................E...............
What about your countenance,
........D...............................A.... E 
your smile your laugh your eyes?
A................... E.................
Whatever it is it makes me
D.........................A......................... E...........
think of you even when I'm with the other guys

(Follow the same AEDAE pattern throughout the song)

Part Dos
I can't seem to stop these blue eyes from seeing you. I'm stuck to you stuck to you, like bubble gum to shoe.
I can't seem to stop this red heart from wanting you I'm made for you made for you, like NyQuil for the flue

Part Tres
Na na na na na na na na na na na na na naaa  (And yes, this is the exactly correct number of na nas.)

Pirate Song

Capo fret 2

G.....................D.................Am......................C............................G.................. D......................Am.........C 
Moby once told me the coordinates for gold, gave me the rise and the run and I ran away.
G.....................D...........................Am...................C...................G.................. D......................Am.........C
Compass for adventure, bandanna and blue jeans, when I heard the dashes and the dots.
....................G....................D...................Am...................C............G......................................D.......Am......C
Saw your sail and your hull, the white flag on the pole; you surrendered though I just said hello.



Chorus
......................G...D....Am....C
Called me a pirate.
...................G.................. D......................Am.........C 
Said I plundered and I stole your heart.
.....G.........................D......................Am....................C........ 
I didn't mean to break it, I didn't even want to take it,
......G...................................D.......................Am...........C 
but I blinked twice and you had stowed away.


Bridge: D..................................Em...............................................
I can reassure you I did not choose to board you.
...D............................................C...................D.... 
I swear on Davy Jones, you did this too yourself.

*clap clap*


G.....................D.................Am......................C............................G.................. D......................Am.........C 
Man overboard! I sincerly pray the Lord will bless you with love to come.
G.....................D.................Am......................C............................G.................. D......................Am.........C
But that love isn't me. No, I'm not the key that's going to unleash the heart in your chest.
G.....................D.................Am......................C..................... 
I got no need for an anchor, don't wanna be held down.
................G.................. D...................Am.........C 
I may regret it in the end but at least I'm free.


Chorus ..........G...D....Am....C 
I'm a pirate.
.....G....................D..........Am.........C 
I wander and I never dock
G............................D......Am.............................C........ 
Live on billowed sails, flirt with sharks and whales
.........G..............................D.................................Am...........C 
And when I change my mind the waves don't fuss.

Bridge: D..................................Em...............................................
I know I hurt you, It feels like I desert you.
...D...................................................C........................D....
I made you walk the plank, but it's not you it's me.

*Goes into a trio and audience participation of all your favorite pirate phrases while following the GDEmC chord progression

..........G...D....Am....C 
I'm a pirate.
.....G....................D..........Am.........C 
I see land but I keep to sea
..........G...D....Am....C 
I'm a pirate.
.....G....................D..........Am.........C 
I see land but I keep to sea

G.....................D.................Am......................C............................G.................. D......................Am.........C 
Moby once told me the coordinates for gold, gave me the rise and the run and I ran away.

The Facebook Song

Capo on fret 2

Fsus2 looks like this: (It's a bar chord)
e-----1----
B-----1----
G-----2----
D-----3----
A-----3----
E-----1----

CHORUS:
G.....................................................C..............................................
Poke. Poke. The engagment is a joke joke joke jaja joke joke.
Am............................................. F.............................
Update your status, use the tagging apparatus.
Am.................................... G.................................C...........................
Stalk your ex-lover and go offline for cover....It's Facebook.

G..........................................................Fsus2...........................
1. I got home from school today and pulled up my profile.
G...........................................Fsus2...........................
I have a slow computer, so it's taking quite a while.
G....................................................................Fsus2...............................
Facebook makes a popping sound when someone wants to chat.
G................................................. ................Fsus2.......................C.......D...
I have to turn the volume down cuz my roommates don't like that. CHORUS

2. Shane got off his mission, he’s got 42 friends and counting.
He uses the “people you might know” tool and the number keeps on mounting.
His boss, his sister’s husband, some random guy named Tom,
the mailman some mission buddies, and Michael Phelps’ mom. CHORUS

3. New crush just accepted me. I click to see his page.
Check his wall, status, info, pictures and his age.
I looked at his relationship and to my dismay:
I thought he was into me, but dang it all, he’s gay.

Chorus':
Poke poke. It was only a joke joke joke jaja joke joke.
His roommates wrote the lies that had me traumatized.
He doesn’t really swing that way so don’t believe all that they say….on Facebook.

4. Facebook finally loaded. It took most of this song.
I have more than a thousand friends. If you think I’m lying you’re wrong.
Facebook is both a noun and verb as everyone can see.
The reason for the song I wrote is to tell you to facebook me. CHORUS

The New Zealand Song

Exactly a year ago today I got on a plane to go to New Zealand for a study abroad. Without a doubt this is the best thing I have done in my life. You can read about my adventures in New Zealand from start to finish on my blog wheretoiletsflushtheotherway.blogspot.com.

I got back from New Zealand near the end of April. I had decided I was going to take the same adventure skills I had learned in NZ and apply them to life in Orem. That mindset only lasted for so long. Getting back to reality was a harsh transition. You can read about it here. (I must say, it is probably one of my most heartfelt posts.) I had no money and my job didn't start until the end of May. That left an awkward month to do nothing. What did I do? I got a temporary job and worked at a factory. Have you seen those tables churches store under the stage? Yeah, well I made those folding legs. I rivited z-bars to channels and channels to butterflies for two agonizing weeks of my life, working from 3pm to 1am. I had gone from the best time of my life to working the graveyard in a factory. Read about my table-leg experiences here.

To pass the time I wrote this song.

It is the first song I have ever made the tune and lyrics in my head and then found the chords (usually I have some guitar tune and then come up with the words) and it is the first song I've written with a capo. I call it The New Zealand Song. You can view/listen to me singing it in this facebook link.

CAPO 3 Chords G C D

G................................. G...................................C........................................ D............. G
In the Splash Palace we drink from the chalice of kayaks and spray skirts and hands of God
G....................... G
Oreti, Mataura, Jacabo's guitar-a
C............................ D............ G
Tuis, Tim Tams and swimming togs

CHORUS:
G............................ G
And in Aotearoa we all are explorers
C.................................. D.............. G
Mapping adventure and conquering fear.
G...........................................G
Tramp all the mountains. Let's meet at the fountains.
C................................... D................G
Looking for heaven? We found it right here.

Red bikes, green helmets. Becky tries to film it when we go to Taupo, Queenstown and Greymouth.
Climb up the hedges, rock faces like Everst.
Whipped cream, butter, ice cream from Deep South.
Chorus

Invercargill. “Past the shoe is our goal.” Can you believe surfing counts for school?
Load up the white vans, 28 girls, 6 mans
Mark says, “no dating is the number one rule.”
Chorus

Dark night, Southern Cross, red sunrise, green moss, white clouds so close you can look up and lick.
Headwind to church, apricot yogurt.
Don’t know the distance cuz k’s are metric
Chorus

CHORUS’
And we’re 34 explorers who learned from the chorus
To map out adventure and conquer all fear
Now we’re back home with cars and cell phones
But that don’t stop us; adventure is here.

The Tie Song

My cousin Grant gets home from his mission in less than 3 months. He's gathering Israel in Fukuoka, Japan. Wow. Time sure does fly. I can still remember the day he had his mission farewell. Grant gave a great sermon and said that film has to be put in harsh chemicals and agitated before it can be developed into a good picture. Somehow we are all like that. I knew he would be a good missionary because he was so passionate about sharing the gospel. He looked the part, too. Like all men giving speaking in church, Grant wore a suite and a necktie. But this wasn't any necktie. No way. This was a tie to travel the world.

Grant and his buddies all chipped in money and they bought one tie. The first guy to give his mission farewell wore it and signed his name on the back on one of the stripes. He gave it to the next guy who wore it at his farewell, who then signed the back and gave it to the next guy, and so on and so forth until Grant got it. He wore it to his farewell, signed the back, and passed it down the line.

It kept going down the line until the tie had its sufficiency of farewells. The last guy to leave sent it to the first guy in the field, who then kept it for a week and recorded his instances in the accompanying notebook. After a week he sent the tie and the notebook to the next guy, and so on and so forth. It's a lot like the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, but it's the Brotherhood of the Traveling Tie. And even though Grant gets home at the end of March, the tie will still circulate, weaving through continents and oceans.

A necktie to unite all these brothers together. Well I just thought this tie idea was the most brilliant thing ever. Absolutely brilliant!

So I wrote a song about it.
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The Tie Song
By Marcie Glad

Chords Em C G D

There’s a tie and it goes all around the world
It starts in the west and it moves to the north
Montana, Russia, Brazil and Japan
Gathering Israel in every land

CHORUS:
Truth, hope, faith in Christ
Conquering evil and spreading the light
Record your story, give God all Glory
------------The tie that goes around the world

I spend my days tracting my shoes have no soles
But I have seen miracles like crickets and gulls
I may have sore feet but at end I don’t care
I have but two years and no soul can I spare
CHORUS:

Truth, hope, faith in Christ
Conquering evil and spreading the light
Record your story, give God all Glory
------------The tie that goes around the world

All nations, kindreds, and tongues
Will know of the gospel of which I have sung
Though diverse in all things there’s one thing we’ll share
The gospel so go to your mission prepared

(no strum)
To teach them

Chorus’
Truth, hope, faith in Christ
Conquering evil and spreading the light
Record your story, give God all Glory
The gospel is the tie that goes around the world


It's a bad recording, but meh, what can you do?
I had to facebook/missionsite stalk people to get a lot of these pictures. Many thanks to Al Gore for inventing the Internet ;)

And here's the same video on youtube. I just wanted to do a side-by-side comparison of the quality of the movies.