I need songs to tell my musically geeked-out alt-country man we’ve got a bun in the oven, but I don’

Note from lucyfilms: Not all of these songs are obvious. There are a lot on here that kind of talk about living up to a higher responsibility, which of course "a bun in the oven" is. So I don't know if that's good or bad, but it is what it is. Also, there are some songs on here that just sort of have nice images of kids and yeah, all that stuff. Congrats on the bun. Hope it likes alt-country like it's musically geeked out daddy

01. Wanda Jackson - "Rock Your Baby" (Queen of Rockabilly)
02. Vic Chesnutt - "Gravity of the Situation" (Is the Actor Happy?)
03. Tim Hardin - "Baby Close It's Eyes" (Hang on to a Dream: The Verve Recordings)
04. Silver Jews - "I'm Gonna Love the Hell Out of You" (Tennessee [EP])
05. Rufus Wainwright - "Beautiful Child" (Want One)
06. Ryan Adams - "She Wants to Play Hearts" (Demolition)
07. The National - "Son" (The National)
08. Bread - "Daughter" (Baby I'm-a Want You)
09. Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn - "You're The Reason Our Kids Are Ugly" (Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn 20 Greatest Hits)
10. Emmylou Harris - "My Baby Needs a Shepherd" (Red Dirt Girl)
11. Gram Parsons - "Kiss the Children" (G.P./Grievous Angel)
12. Gillian Welch - "I Had a Good Mother and Father" (Soul Journey)

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