Ten Favorite Insects and Creepy Crawling Things Songs: The Bees (#1)

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Put away that fly swatter and Raid! This brings the series of my favorite songs having some insect or other cringe-worthy thing in the title to a close. Lots of bees in this series, and I'm closing it out with one more bee. Here's my favorite "insect" song. #1: The Bees - Lee Ann Womack I first heard Kelly Hogan sing this song and was mesmerized. And understand something, I love Kelly Hogan's voice. But when I heard Lee Ann Womack's original recording I about fell over. Wow. A gorgeous, bittersweet song about an unpleasant childhood ("like the back of my daddy's hand, the only thing I've ever known;" "sometimes it's a bitter taste for a motherless child so out of place"), where the protagonist imagines life as a bee ("I work for the queen all day"). The song, however, for all the sadness of the first two verses, has a happy ending. What a voice. What a song. Thanks for reading. The Bees Written by Natalie Hemby and Daniel Tashian Recorded by Lee Ann Womack From Call Me Crazy, 2008 Makin' their honey and singin' their song: