The Lists: Top 50 Songs of 2009

Finally, my first post of the new decade. After my ski trip, I was backed up with work, and I've had a lot of photos to edit. And for the second year in a row, the task of making my lists sort of drained the free-form fun out of what I do here. I'm ready to start finding new music as well as posting about some older stuff that had a hand in me starting this blog in the first place.

Truth be told, I wanted a little extra time to refine this list as it is quite large. So without further adieu, my Top 50 Songs of 2009:

50. Sunflower Rain - Ryan Adams [purchase]
49. Dog Days Are Over - Florence and the Machine [purchase]
48. You Never Know - Wilco [purchase]
47. Sailor Song - First Aid Kit [purchase]
46. Ship Come In - Jonny Burke [purchase]
45. Give Me Time - Dawes [purchase]
44. - Brendan Benson [purchase]
43. Two Weeks - Grizzly Bear [purchase]
42. Goodbye Hollywood - JET [purchase]
41. Cry - Slaid Cleaves [purchase]
40. Don't Come Calling - Stephanie Briggs [purchase]
39. Orion & Dog - Sea Wolf [purchase]
38. Boots Boy - Langhorne Slim [purchase]
37. Brother John - Middle Distance Runner [purchase]
36. The Guitar - Guy Clark [purchase]
35. In These Arms - The Swell Season [purchase]
34. Good Ol' Fashioned Nightmare - Matt & Kim [purchase]
33. Cooperstown - The Felice Brothers [purchase]
32. Bells of Harlem - Dave Rawlings Machine [purchase]
31. Eager For Your Love - Tristen [purchase]
30. Nikorette - Conor Oberst & The MVB [purchase]
29. Champion Angel - The Low Anthem [purchase]
28. Lisztomania - Phoenix [purchase]
27. Heartbroken, In Disrepair - Dan Auerbach [purchase]
26. Round Here - Middle Distance Runner [purchase]
25. Ten Women - Conor Oberst & The MVB [purchase]
24. Hurtin' You - Ben Kweller [purchase]
23. Smith Hill - Deer Tick [purchase]
22. Tell Me True - Sarah Jarosz [purchase]
21. Cage The Songbird - The Low Anthem [purchase]
20. Ten Thousand Words - The Avett Brothers [purchase]
19. The Traitor - Sea Wolf [purchase]
18. Funeral Singers - Califone [purchase]
17. Day Is Done - Ryan Bingham [purchase]
16. Everyday - Vetiver [purchase]
15. White Limo - The Felice Brothers [purchase]
14. Sweet Disposition - The Temper Trap [purchase]
13. A Thousand Men - Joe Pug [purchase]
12. Far And Wide - The Roadside Graves [purchase]
11. Easy - Deer Tick [purchase]
10. Mama's Eyes - Justin Townes Earle [purchase]
9. The Big Surprise - The Felice Brothers [purchase]
8. Speak of Trouble - Great Bloomers [purchase]
7. Laundry Room (live version) - The Avett Brothers [purchase]
6. Gunslinger - The Medders [purchase]
5. Take It In - Wye Oak [purchase]
4. I Got The Reason - Conor Oberst & The MVB [purchase]
3. Ticket Taker - The Low Anthem [purchase]
2. Honeymoon - Bombadil [purchase]

1. Ruby - Dave Rawlings Machine [purchase]

Ruby, let down your golden hair
When I'm standing at the bottom of your stairs
Ruby, I can see your TV on
But the people there, they flicker and they're gone
So let down your golden hair for me tonight
Let down your golden hair for me to climb
Just like an old-time telegraph man
I came here with a simple job to do
'Cause that news coming down the wire
Says that your head's on fire
And I'm trying to get a message through to you

Ruby, you ain't lonely yet
With your crystal and your Russian cigarette
Ruby, haven't you heard before?
Working is the finest tower when it hasn't got a door
So let down your golden hair for me to climb
Let down your golden hair for me tonight
Just like an old-time telegraph man
I came here with a simple job to do
'Cause that news coming down the wire
Says that your bed's on fire
And I'm trying to get a message through to you, Ruby

I'm that old-time telegraph man
And I came here with a simple job to do
'Cause that news coming down the wire
Says that your world's on fire
And I'm trying to get a message through to you

I'm that old-time telegraph man
And I came here with a simple job to do
'Cause that news coming down the wire
Says that your world's on fire
And I'm trying to get a message through to you
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