Some songs come quick and easy. This one was like a breech birth, or maybe even a Caesarian. I must have written about 3 different choruses for it before I found something that worked. The lyrics took about 2 months to write. I just couldn't get a second verse. In the first I had done a road trip to Mexico, so where now? And how would I find place names that fitted the journey and which conveniently rhymed? A lot of scouring of maps of the USA went into this one. By the end, despite the frustration, it was deeply satisfying to get the damned thing finished.
lyrics
I dream of south California in the sun on a freeway to Mexico,
Sweet sounds of Be-bop-a-Lula playin’ loud on the radio,
I drive an open-top Buick with a cream-laquered body and wheels of chrome,
Up ahead the gold evanescence of a warm and rusty glow
Some burn to travel, into the deep unknown,
Where thoughts unravel, like the miles from here to home,
Some burn to travel, into the deep unknown,
Where thoughts unravel, like the miles from here to home
I dream of East Minnesota on a trip over water to Thunder Bay,
Port-side the trees of the forest and the shores of Grand Marais,
I sail a sleek Catalina with the waves ridin’ higher the walls of spray,
Heartache, despair and the spectres of the past are washed away
Some burn to travel, into the deep unknown,
Where thoughts unravel, like the miles from here to home,
Some burn to travel, into the deep unknown,
Where thoughts unravel, like the miles from here to home
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