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[serene]

Inspired by autographedcat and epi_lj on an alt.poly thread, I've started a new blog to collect healthy love songs. You know, stuff without icky stalker undertones (or overtones). Basically, nothing off Melissa Etheridge's early albums will be on this list.

Anyway, check it out if you want: http://healthylovesongs.blogspot.com

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[janetmiles.livejournal.com]

Not a love song in the traditional sense, and I don't know enough to really identify it because I only heard it once, but.

There's a song, probably bluegrass or classic country because I heard it on WDVX, about a young man (or possibly boy) going for rides with an older woman in her Cadillac (or maybe Chevrolet). Then there's a bit where they drift apart, and it ends with him picking her up at the nursing home and taking her for rides.

"Leaving on a Jet Plane" doesn't make it because of the adulterous overtones (clearly cheating, not honest poly).

How about Last Train to Clarksville (http://www.lyricsfreak.com/m/monkees/last+train+to+clarksville_20095498.html), which is of the "I love you, and I'm being sent off to war and may die; come say goodbye before I go" genre?

John and Mary (http://www.cowboylyrics.com/tabs/third-tyme-out/john-and-mary-1527.html), although you might not prefer that since it's pretty strongly religious.

Country Bumpkin (http://www.actionext.com/names_c/cal_smith_lyrics/country_bumpkin.html), even with the apparent insult; over the course of the song it becomes a loving nickname.

Sweet Caroline (http://www.lyricsfreak.com/n/neil+diamond/sweet+caroline_20098802.html)

Weekend in New England (http://www.lyricsfreak.com/n/neil+diamond/sweet+caroline_20098802.html)

Come Monday (http://www.lyricsfreak.com/j/jimmy+buffett/come+monday_10150001.html)

Rosie O'Grady (http://www.james-joyce-music.com/song17_lyrics.html)