Down On Main Street
Every month I make a trip back and forth to Syracuse.
I spend a Friday afternoon driving home from 4:30 to 6:45.
Twenty-two straight years...
...every month.
Talked to a buddy just before leaving.
“What’s happening in the world?” I asked.
“Same garbage,” he said.
“I was going to catch up on the happenings.”
“Don’t bother. Hate tweets and crazy rants.”
So, I listened.
I put on the library of tunes.
Jake had sent me a song by Post Malone.
“I think you’ll like this one.”
I did.
Then an old Tori Amos popped up. My sister Carrie and I saw Tori Amos from a front row seat back when Little Earthquakes came out.
Great record.
Then Bob Seger.
“Down on Main Street.”
Impossible to not sing every word.
And I was off and running:
Bruce with the “Price You Pay”.
The Stones, “Between A Rock & A Hard Place”.
Tom Petty, “The Waiting.”
Bob Dylan, “Tangled Up In Blue.”
The Pretenders, “Middle of the Road.”
And then I got a blast of high school,
The Cars, “Since Your Gone.”
Great song...
...sang every word.
It was a beautiful day, a tad cold, but not a cloud in the sky.
I felt relaxed.
Wasn’t worried about the big, orange menace or the Astros cheating.
Thank God for music.
I dare you:
Listen to “Down on Main Street” and try not to sing along...
...it’s impossible.
I spend a Friday afternoon driving home from 4:30 to 6:45.
Twenty-two straight years...
...every month.
Talked to a buddy just before leaving.
“What’s happening in the world?” I asked.
“Same garbage,” he said.
“I was going to catch up on the happenings.”
“Don’t bother. Hate tweets and crazy rants.”
So, I listened.
I put on the library of tunes.
Jake had sent me a song by Post Malone.
“I think you’ll like this one.”
I did.
Then an old Tori Amos popped up. My sister Carrie and I saw Tori Amos from a front row seat back when Little Earthquakes came out.
Great record.
Then Bob Seger.
“Down on Main Street.”
Impossible to not sing every word.
And I was off and running:
Bruce with the “Price You Pay”.
The Stones, “Between A Rock & A Hard Place”.
Tom Petty, “The Waiting.”
Bob Dylan, “Tangled Up In Blue.”
The Pretenders, “Middle of the Road.”
And then I got a blast of high school,
The Cars, “Since Your Gone.”
Great song...
...sang every word.
It was a beautiful day, a tad cold, but not a cloud in the sky.
I felt relaxed.
Wasn’t worried about the big, orange menace or the Astros cheating.
Thank God for music.
I dare you:
Listen to “Down on Main Street” and try not to sing along...
...it’s impossible.
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