PCS Playlist
Summer time is upon us. It’s the season of BBQ, pools, beaches, and carefree sunny days. This is also known as PCS season.
A season of chucking all of your earthly possessions into a truck hopefully headed for a new duty station, repeatedly throwing your kids some chicken nuggets in the back row for the 32-hour drive, and reminding yourself that you won’t get any of your husband’s SGLI if you murder him for stopping for the 500,000th time for a pee break.
Here’s a playlist to blast over your partner’s podcasts and your kids’ seventh repeat of Incredibles 2:
1. “On the Road Again” by Willie Nelson
“On the road again
Goin’ places that I’ve never been
Seein’ things that I may never see again
And I can’t wait to get on the road again”
2. “Good Riddance” by Green Day
“Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road
Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go
So make the best of this test and don’t ask why
It’s not a question, but a lesson learned in time”
3. “Life is a Highway” by Rascal Flatts
“Through all these cities and all these towns
It’s in my blood, and it’s all around
I love you now like I loved you then
This is the road, and these are the hands”
4. “Home” by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes
“Home, let me go home
Home is wherever I’m with you”
5. “I and Love and You” by Avett Brothers
“Load the car and write the note
Grab your bag and grab your coat
Tell the ones that need to know
We are headed north”
6. “Tiny Dancer” by Elton John
“Hold me closer tiny dancer
Count the headlights on the highway
Lay me down in sheets of linen
You had a busy day today”
7. “Come to Me” by Goo Goo Dolls
“Come to me my sweetest friend
Can you feel my heart again
I’ll take you back where you belong
And this will be our favorite song”
8. “I Don’t Care” by Ed Sheerhan featuring Justin Beiber
“Cause I don’t care, as long as you just hold me near
You can take me anywhere
And you’re making me feel like I’m loved by somebody”
9. “Don’t Stop Me Now” by Queen
“I’m a shooting star, leaping through the sky
Like a tiger defying the laws of gravity
I’m a racing car, passing by like Lady Godiva
I’m gonna go, go, go
There’s no stopping me”
10. “Hold On” by Walk off the Earth
“We ain’t rich but we’re worth a lot, babe
I wanna see the world with your hand in mine”
11. “Marchin’ On” by One Republic
“For all of the plans we made
There isn’t a flag I’d wave
Don’t care where we’ve been
I’d sink us to swim
We’re marchin’ on”
12. “One Man Band” by Old Dominion
“I don’t wanna be a one man band
I don’t wanna be a rolling stone, alone
Puttin’ miles on a run-down van
Baby, we can take our own show on the road”
13. “Guiding Light” by Mumford and Sons
“’Cause even when there is no star in sight
You’ll always be my only guiding light”
14. “Boxes” by Goo Goo Dolls
”Wherever you take me it’s clear I will go
Your love’s the one love that I need to know”
That’s a wrap. Let me know what you would add in the comments. Happy travels and may your sectional fit in your new living room! Looking for more PCS songs and other playlists to get you through all things military life? Check out our mixes on Spotify!
