Got a big leather suitcase, all I own's inside
Seems I've been walkin' for days, can't even bum a ride
Try steppin' to a tune, with the rhythm of a walkin' man
Mind drifts like a big balloon out of my situation at hand
Ain't it funny how a melody can bring back a memory
Take you to another place in time
Completely change your state of mind
Walkin' down a lonely highway not feelin' alone
Thinkin' back when things went my way and not the road I'm on
Well, I've been down a time or two, but it never lasts long
I can always make it through on a wing and a prayer and a song
Ain't it funny how a melody can bring back a memory
Take you to another place in time
Completely change your state of mind
It can make a right from a wrong, it can make you fall in love
It can get you singin' along
Chase the clouds away and make the sun shine above
A melody can bring back a memory
Take you to another place in time
Completely change your state of mind
A melody can bring back a memory
Take you to another place in time
Completely change your state of mind
Wow. It was Clint Black who sang the above melody. If I remember correctly, I listened to that song as part of my sister's "Hardin House '93/'94" mix tape that I stole sometime during middle school. That song itself does not bring back many memories other than my long-term obsession with mix tapes, but the message is clear.
I talked to my friend Mike last night for the first time in way too long. He is one of my best friends in the whole wide world and moved to DC last year, so we don't see each other or talk near as often as we used to. One of the things we share is a love of music, and only certain music. Anyways, he told me he got a new Robert Earl Keen CD recently called "Undone" which is a compilation of several other Texas artists singing some of his biggest hits. I downloaded it this morning and wow. Just wow. Talk about melodies bringing back memories - all good ones.
Just after I posted that no one was raining on my parade the other day I think my parade was flooded. It is amazing how quickly things can change for the worse, but I am right now reminded how quickly they can change for the better as well. I'm making rights from wrongs, I'm falling in love, and the clouds are quickly making way for the sun.
So go download this album or dig up an old mix tape (tape, not CD...very important here) and I guarantee it will completely change your state of mind (...at least until your boss wants some work done).
Ok - thought this post was done but the song "Cristabel" just started playing. It is one I probably would have never remembered again in my life if I hadn't just heard it, but I have an unmistakable smirk on my face right now as I'm thinking back to Kelly and me listening to this song - I have no idea where or when, but I just remember singing "Crist-AAAAA.......bel." Maybe we were listening to it going in circles in reverse in her jeep, or maybe in my accord on the way to school driving in "turbo charge" gear (5th gear on the back road to school...ooooh we were living on the edge).
Seems I've been walkin' for days, can't even bum a ride
Try steppin' to a tune, with the rhythm of a walkin' man
Mind drifts like a big balloon out of my situation at hand
Ain't it funny how a melody can bring back a memory
Take you to another place in time
Completely change your state of mind
Walkin' down a lonely highway not feelin' alone
Thinkin' back when things went my way and not the road I'm on
Well, I've been down a time or two, but it never lasts long
I can always make it through on a wing and a prayer and a song
Ain't it funny how a melody can bring back a memory
Take you to another place in time
Completely change your state of mind
It can make a right from a wrong, it can make you fall in love
It can get you singin' along
Chase the clouds away and make the sun shine above
A melody can bring back a memory
Take you to another place in time
Completely change your state of mind
A melody can bring back a memory
Take you to another place in time
Completely change your state of mind
Wow. It was Clint Black who sang the above melody. If I remember correctly, I listened to that song as part of my sister's "Hardin House '93/'94" mix tape that I stole sometime during middle school. That song itself does not bring back many memories other than my long-term obsession with mix tapes, but the message is clear.
I talked to my friend Mike last night for the first time in way too long. He is one of my best friends in the whole wide world and moved to DC last year, so we don't see each other or talk near as often as we used to. One of the things we share is a love of music, and only certain music. Anyways, he told me he got a new Robert Earl Keen CD recently called "Undone" which is a compilation of several other Texas artists singing some of his biggest hits. I downloaded it this morning and wow. Just wow. Talk about melodies bringing back memories - all good ones.
Just after I posted that no one was raining on my parade the other day I think my parade was flooded. It is amazing how quickly things can change for the worse, but I am right now reminded how quickly they can change for the better as well. I'm making rights from wrongs, I'm falling in love, and the clouds are quickly making way for the sun.
So go download this album or dig up an old mix tape (tape, not CD...very important here) and I guarantee it will completely change your state of mind (...at least until your boss wants some work done).
Ok - thought this post was done but the song "Cristabel" just started playing. It is one I probably would have never remembered again in my life if I hadn't just heard it, but I have an unmistakable smirk on my face right now as I'm thinking back to Kelly and me listening to this song - I have no idea where or when, but I just remember singing "Crist-AAAAA.......bel." Maybe we were listening to it going in circles in reverse in her jeep, or maybe in my accord on the way to school driving in "turbo charge" gear (5th gear on the back road to school...ooooh we were living on the edge).
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