KDOC is playing The Partridge Family every evening at 9pm out here. Lots of memories there. I also heard a song I remembered quite well. Cynthin Weil and Barry Mann wrote it, and it spoke to the much younger me. Odd that even a sitcom group could actually say something meaningful to the odd person watching.
*Today may be a never ending highway
And yesterday a half-forgotten smile
But I can hear tomorrow singing from around the bend
It’s just another dusty mile
And I’ve got dreams to spare and time to spend
Time to spend
[Chorus:]
So I’m on the road travelin’ free and easy
(Travelin’ on) Gotta get on (Well, I gotta get on)
Gotta fill my life with living
Just tell everyone I’ve gone
On the road
The morning whispers follow me, come my way
By noon, I’m on the far side of the sun
And I can’t keep these wheels from rolling on to one more town
There’s so much to be seen and done
To settle up before I settle down
Settle down*
So many years later, I find myself wishing for a simpler time, and the freedom to follow the sun.
(Why yes, I have been drinking a bit this evening. Why do you ask?)