Saturday 9: Live Like You Were Dying

Saturday 9: Live Like You Were Dying (2003)

Unfamiliar with this week's song? Hear it here.

1) This song is about a man whose father advises him to live life to the fullest, to become "the friend you'd like to have." How about you? Are you the friend you'd like to have?

A. I try to be. I am not as successful at it as I had hoped, I guess.

2) The song lists several "bucket list" items: skydiving, mountain climbing, riding a bull. Have you done any of those things? Would you like to?

A. I have not done any of those things, nor do I especially want to at my age. I have been up in a hot air balloon. Does that count?

3) In the music video, Tim McGraw is wearing a white button-down shirt, blue jeans and a cowboy hat. Which of those items is in your wardrobe?

A. Blue jeans.

4) He wears a cowboy hat because he is embarrassed by the size of his forehead. When you wear a hat, are you more likely doing it for style, like Tim, or for protection from the elements?

A. I wear a hat now only when it rains, so I guess protection from the elements.

5) McGraw's biological father was Tug McGraw, pitcher for the Mets and Phillies. How did your baseball team do this season?

A. I don't watch baseball.

6) Tim McGraw and wife Faith Hill live just outside of Nashville. They enjoy inviting friends over to sit around a bonfire, drinking beer and playing guitars. Tell us about the most recent get-together you had with friends.

A. I don't have any friends who want to have get-togethers.

7) Tim likes his tattoos. He admits his silliest one -- a leprechaun wearing a cowboy hat -- was acquired during a night of drinking. Do you have a tattoo? If so, are you glad you have it and would you get it again?

A. I do not have a tattoo. My father has one from when he was in the army, or did. I guess he still does.

8) In 2003, when this song was popular, the supersonic Concord took its last flight. When did you most recently board a plane? What was your destination?

A. The last time I was on a plane was in 1993, and I was going to Disney in Orlando.

9) Random question: When did you last walk around the house naked?

A. Not all that long ago, except I had a towel around my wet hair and my house shoes on. The rest of me was unclothed.
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