What a long strange trip it's been...

No, I'm not doing song lyrics Saturday, that would be Badger. But of course now that I'm thinking about music, I'm reminded of the Traveling Wilburies. D'you remember them? They did an album or two right about the time I was finishing high school, late eighties.

Tony loved Jimi Hendrix. And he loved the Traveling Wilburies. And he loved a lot of things I never understood. He paid attention to me when I was with him, but if I wasn't, he was paying attention to everyone and everything else. Case in point, the girl who warned me about him was the girl who ended up going to the prom with him. "He'll forget about you." Yeah. Well.

So, I'm over him, but I still have scads of Tony stories. Maybe now is ripe time to start working on my novella again...which isn't about him, but is about the sheer confusion of relationships.

End of the Line (Traveling Wilburys)

Well it's all right, riding around in the breeze
Well it's all right, if you live the life you please
Well it's all right, doing the best you can
Well it's all right, as long as you lend a hand

You can sit around and wait for the phone to ring (End of the Line)
Waiting for someone to tell you everything (End of the Line)
Sit around and wonder what tomorrow will bring (End of the Line)
Maybe a diamond ring

Well it's all right, even if they say you're wrong
Well it's all right, sometimes you gotta be strong
Well it's all right, As long as you got somewhere to lay
Well it's all right, everyday is Judgment Day

Maybe somewhere down the road aways (End of the Line)
You'll think of me, wonder where I am these days (End of the Line)
Maybe somewhere down the road when somebody plays (End of the Line)
Purple haze

Well it's all right, even when push comes to shove
Well it's all right, if you got someone to love
Well it's all right, everything'll work out fine
Well it's all right, we're going to the end of the line

Don't have to be ashamed of the car I drive (End of the Line)
I'm glad to be here, happy to be alive (End of the Line)
It don't matter if you're by my side (End of the Line)
I'm satisfied

Well it's all right, even if you're old and gray
Well it's all right, you still got something to say
Well it's all right, remember to live and let live
Well it's all right, the best you can do is forgive

Well it's all right, riding around in the breeze
Well it's all right, if you live the life you please
Well it's all right, even if the sun don't shine
Well it's all right, we're going to the end of the line



I forgot this was about Roy Orbison. Well, it's all of ours, as soon as it hits the radio. But that reminds me of a Roy song, probably his last one. But I gotta go.

Thanks, Badger, for letting me borrow your style.

Kisses, everyone, I'm off to be a librarian.