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so i was browsing through my itunes library and found this random ‘jewel’ album amongst the cool music.
“why the hell do i have this album?” i asked myself.
scrolling through the tracklist, i found the song “down so long” and i remember exactly why i own this bland-radio-friendly album.
it was the summer of 2001 and my girl and i were in vegas for a vacation away from everything but each other.
we’ve never needed anything less than one another to have a good time. we had no need for expensive shows, risky craps tables or expensive alcohol; we had each other and we could keep each other high the entire time.
as was often the case, we found ourselves perusing the casinos (people watching was one of our favorite hobbies). a few hours spent in the mega-casinos convinced us that the vegas gods had synchronized their musak because over the course of 3 days we heard “down so long” at least two-dozen times.
by the end of our trip we had even worked out a dance to the overly-familiar tune. if i close my eyes and remember, i can hear the song playing in the elevator and feel a smile welling up from nowhere.
so tonight i stumbled over this track and consequently i’m enjoying the feeling of being in vegas with my best friend.
“…i’ve been down so long, that the end must be drawing near.”
. posting it just because.
