Over my dead body

These are the 10 songs David Mansell of Cape Girardeau can't live without.

1. "Margaritaville" -- Jimmy Buffett

The summer of 1977, I just got out of the Navy after four years and didn't have a care in the world.

2. "Tulsa Time" -- Eric Clapton

I really did leave Oklahoma in my Pontiac heading for Missouri, not California.

3. "Return to Sender" -- Elvis Presley

Reminds me of my late mother. She loved Elvis, and this was her favorite song.

4. "Lyin' Eyes" -- The Eagles

My wife, Natalie, and I would do some serious two-steppin' to this tune.

5. "Machine Gun" -- Band of Gypsies

My favorite Hendrix guitar solo.

6. "Enter Sandman" -- Metallica

I turn it up loud and play my air guitar.

7. "Freebird" -- Lynryd Skynyrd

Get on the interstate at night, turn up the volume and accelerate.

8. "Like a Rolling Stone" -- Bob Dylan

This song was playing on the delivery room radio during the birth of my son, Billy.

9. "I Can't Quit You Baby" -- Led Zeppelin

I was 15 back in 1969, and this was my first cassette tape. This was also my introduction to the blues.

10. "Give It to Me Baby" -- Rick James

Put this song on full volume and dance around the house in your socks and underwear.