Today, I keeping thinking about all the little things that make me smile... coffee, an empty sink, the way the light shines in my kitchen window... But I had to share one thing that has never ceased to make me laugh out loud.

When my brother was about 12, he learned to play Tom Petty's Free Fallin' on guitar and commenced to play it non-stop for over three months. It was, frankly, horrific. I could not get the stupid thing out of my head and I ultimately decided to hate Tom Petty altogether. However, nearly seven years has past, and I have finally regained the ability to listen to Free Fallin' without triggering my gag reflex.

Lyrics have always been equally important to me as melody is, and in this song, they really make the song special.

She's a good girl, loves her mama
Loves Jesus and America too
She's a good girl, crazy 'bout Elvis
Loves horses and her boyfriend too

It's a long day livin' in Reseda
There's a freeway runnin' through the yard
And I'm a bad boy, 'cause I don't even miss her
I'm a bad boy for breakin' her heart

And I'm free, I'm free fallin'

All the vampires walkin' through the valley
Move west down Ventura Blvd
And all the bad boys are standing in the shadows
All the good girls are home with broken hearts

And I'm free, I'm free fallin'

I wanna glide down over Mulholland
I wanna write her name in the sky
I wanna free fall out into nothin'
Gonna leave this world for awhile

And I'm free, I'm free fallin'.

I usually get all the way to the last verse, singing along, not remembering what's coming and then: "I wanna glide down, over Mulholland, I wanna-" comes and I suddenly burst into uncontrollable laughter.

Why, you might ask... Well, when my brother first started playing this silly song, I always thought the words were "I wanna RIDE her name in the sky" not "write her name in the sky" and all I could (and all I can) picture was (and is) Tom Petty with a cowboy hat and a lasso, riding a name in the sky.

This is probably one of the stupidest things to get all giggly about, but whenever I hear this song, I think of it and always smile. And on days like today, I can not get enough of those stupid little things!