If I Had a Million Dollars

If I had a million dollars . . .

We say it all the time. Pretty much means "If I could do anything . . ."

Well, if I could do anything, I'd probably go back and change several things about our summer. Not everything . . . as my (lenghy) video will illustrate. NOT everything. But, I'd certainly change more than one thing about how the summer of '09 went down.

Most people say they "wouldn't go back and change a thing," even in hard times . . . um, but not me. Not this summer.

Oh well. I don't have a million dollars . . . and I can't do anything. No changes will be made. So instead, I'll look back on all the wonderful things that we did this crazy summer. THOSE are the things that I want to remember.

This song just makes me laugh . . . to poke fun at the 'if I could do anything' mentality. Enjoy the song and my video. Summer of 2009 was tough, but good in many ways.


If I Had a Million Dollars
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yy0ByqNuwmw

If I had a million dollars
I'd buy you a house
If I had a million dollars
I'd buy you furniture for your house
(Maybe a nice chesterfield or an ottoman)
And if I had a million dollars
Well, I'd buy you a K-Car


If I had a million dollars
I'd buy your love


If I had a million dollars
I'd build a tree fort in our yard
If I had million dollars
You could help, it wouldn't be that hard
If I had million dollars

Maybe we could put like a little tiny fridge in there somewhere
You know, we could just go up there and hang out
Like open the fridge and stuff
There would already be laid out foods for us
Like little pre-wrapped sausages and things

They have pre-wrapped sausages but they don't have pre-wrapped bacon
Well, can you blame 'em


If I had a million dollars
Well, I'd buy you a fur coat
(But not a real fur coat that's cruel)


And if I had a million dollars
Well, I'd buy you an exotic pet
(Yep, like a llama or an emu)


And if I had a million dollars
Well, I'd buy you John Merrick's remains
(Ooh, all them crazy elephant bones)


And If I had a million dollars
I'd buy your love


If I had a million dollars
We wouldn't have to walk to the store
If I had a million dollars
Now, we'd take a limousine 'cause it costs more
If I had a million dollars
We wouldn't have to eat Kraft Dinner
But we would eat Kraft Dinner
Of course we would, we’d just eat more
And buy really expensive ketchups with it
That’s right, all the fanciest ke... dijon ketchups


If I had a million dollars
Well, I'd buy you a green dress
(But not a real green dress, that's cruel)


And if I had a million dollars
Well, I'd buy you some art
(A Picasso or a Garfunkel)


If I had a million dollars
Well, I'd buy you a monkey
(Haven't you always wanted a monkey)


If I had a million dollars
I’d buy your love


If I had a million dollars
If I had a million dollars
If I had a million dollars
If I had a million dollars
If I had a million dollars

I'd be rich
--The Barenaked Ladies



(Okay, so after I watch that, maybe I'm back to being cliche . . . how could I try to change even one of those moments?)