Body Parts

Last weekend, my 12-year-old flew over the handlebars of her quad and went head-to-head with our white vinyl fencing.  Her goggles took the brunt of the hit, cracking the bridge of her nose.  She also jammed her thumb and earned a collection of pretty bruises.  It reminded me of some of the times I have taken a hit.  At 10, my dad tried to get me to keep my glove up while playing softball.  I didn't get it until a carefully executed throw put said ball between my eyes.  At 18, my first week as a college freshman, I crashed and burned in the dorm cafeteria, tray and legs up in the air.  Slippery floor/ miniskirt= bad combination.  In the Peace Corps and learning to ride a motorcycle, I was weaving in and out of cones, jumping logs, and pretty much showing off.  I took out the wall of a language classroom.  In the same year I managed to fall into a deep hole while trying to find the latrine at night.  Thankfully the deep hole wasn't the latrine!  A couple of years later, I got knocked down by a car while crossing the street.  But I never broke a bone until I was 39, when bleary-eyed one morning, I grabbed the cat and headed downstairs, missing the top step entirely.  The spiral fracture of my ankle laid me up for eight weeks.  Grace has never been one of my strong suits.  So what kind of a playlist could I make for my daughter's accident?  Well, one dedicated to all the parts of the body, of course.  I struggled with one for the nose.  All I could find in my collection was "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" by the Barenaked Ladies.  If you have another, let me know.  Here are some more songs for all your parts:

1. "Get a Leg Up"- John Mellencamp
2. "Word of Mouth"- Mike & the Mechanics
3. "Shinbone Alley/ Hard to Exist"- Spin Doctors
4. "Hold My Hand"- Hootie & the Blowfish
5. "And a Bang on the Ear"- The Waterboys
6. "Two Left Feet"- Anya Marina
7. "American Skin (41 Shots)"- Bruce Springsteen
8. "(I Just) Died in Your Arms"- Cutting Crew
9. "Popsicle Toes"- Diana Krall
10. "Chrome Plated Heart"- Melissa Etheridge
11. "Brain Damage"- Pink Floyd
12. "Blue Eyes"- Elton John
13. "Kick My Ass"- Garbage
14. "Wrapped Around Your Finger"- The Police
15. "Take Your Knife Out of My Back"- Robyn Hitchcock
16. "Flesh and Blood"- Roxy Music
17. "Pretty Face"- Camille
18. "Pineapple Head"- Crowded House
19. "Skeleton"- Dolores O'Riordan
20. "Sugar Tongue"- Indigo Girls
21. "Angel on My Shoulder"- Maia Sharp
22. "Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)"- Michael Jackson