If I had a million dollars

The first verse of that particular Barenaked Ladies song goes:

If I had a million dollars
I would buy you a house, I would 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 

I don't have a million dollars, and I guess I didn't buy a house recently, so it's a real what if scenario.  Cas and I had dinner at Fish City and headed over to Grand Prairie for the show.  Colin Hay from Men at Work was on stage when we walked in.  He was by himself holding only an acoustic guitar, and he hadn't lost a step.  His voice was still strong and his songs were pretty.  Some of them were like old Irish folk songs, which is funny for an Australian.  He played until about eight, then the Violent Femmes came out.  They sang the things we all remembered, and it really looked like everyone on stage was having a great time.  I was having fun, and Cas was really happy we came out.

The Barenaked Ladies were the headliners, but they brought Colin Hay out for a few songs.  It was pretty great.  This kind of show defies explanation.  It was just a whole lot of fun.

Colin Hay borrowing an accordion player for one song:

The Violent Femmes:

Barenaked Ladies:

I was pretty amused that Colin Hay from Men at Work was the only one on the stage who was in a band with men in the name.  The Violent Femmes were all male.  The Barenaked Ladies were all male.  Two all-male bands named for women.  Amusing.  

I have to go to bed, now.  It's after midnight, and tomorrow, I have to don my bridesmaid shirt and go do girly stuff.  We are apparently starting out at a flower shop before we hit up the fingernail joint.  I have hopes that the immediate family will have a nice dinner with Cas so he has a chance to sit with Jeff and the kids before a whole slew of Hinds family members invade the house on Friday.  I think a smaller group would be much nicer for a get-to-know-you evening.  This all presupposes that I actually sleep now.  If I don't do that, I can't get going with all the chick stuff in the morning.