There’s A Reason

So I asked for music to accompany me on this journey. Well…I have said it once before and now I’ll say it again, “Be Careful What You Wish For.”

Remember mixed tapes?

I would spend hours and hours creating the perfect mixed tape for someone; songs in the perfect order to tell the story of us, or creating the perfect segway from one song’s “extro” to the the next song’s “intro.”

I haven’t had a mixed tape made for me in a long, long time.

When heading out on this journey, my husband put a mini iPod in my car, with one playlist on it called “19 Years.” It took me from Ben Lomond, CA to Elko, Nevada. It was 9 hours long…longest mixed tape I ever heard. I wept. I listened. I sang along. I laughed. I listened. I felt something swell up from my belly, rising up out of my chest, I rolled down the window, stretched my arm out into the wind, cranked up the volume, and burst into rapturous song with all of my might! Then I laughed hysterically…and did it again.

The music has been an amazing companion. I’ve heard lyrics that have articulated exactly what I was feeling in that moment in time, heard voices so beautiful they reached right into my heart; a soothing balm, heard acoustic guitar moments that did the same, heard screaming guitar moments that made me feel 16 years old again. Made new friends, and revisited old ones.

As I left Wyoming, my friends noticed that there were no “Western Music” suggestions on my blog. Upon leaving I got a thumb drive with a playlist on it. I was told some songs would make me laugh, some would make me cry, and other things that I can’t remember now.

I was listening to the stories told by country music, laughing and crying, and stomping along, when this song came up…

“Let Your Love Flow” The Bellamy Brothers   

Well, I had a flashback to being a young girl in the early 1970’s listening to this song playing out of an old, funky radio in my house on Timberlane Rd. Plaistow, New Hampshire. Tears gushed down my face.

Then I played it again and listened to the lyrics. I was blown away. I had never heard them before.

I played it again.

And again.

And again.

Give a listen…

I’m leaving my friend’s house in Michigan in just a few minutes. Yesterday he said, “Remember mixed tapes?” Then told me he made me one.
I can’t wait to hit the road.

 

There’s a reason for the sunshine sky

And there’s a reason why I’m feelin’ so high

Must be the season when that love light shines

All around us

 

So let that feelin’ grab you deep inside

And send you reelin’ where your love can’t hide

And then go stealin’ through the moonlit nights

With your lover

 

Just let your love flow like a mountain stream

And let your love grow with the smallest of dreams

And let your love show and you’ll know what I mean

It’s the season

 

Let your love fly like a bird on a wing

And let your love bind you to all living things

And let your love shine and you’ll know what I mean

That’s the reason

 

There’s a reason for the warm sweet nights

And there’s a reason for the candle lights

Must be the season when those love rites shine

All around us

 

So let that wonder take you into space

And lay you under its loving embrace

Just feel the thunder as it warms your face

You can’t hold back

 

Just let your love flow like a mountain stream

And let your love grow with the smallest of dreams

And let your love show and you’ll know what I mean

It’s the season

 

Let your love fly like a bird on a wing

And let your love bind you to all living things

And let your love shine and you’ll know what I mean

That’s the reason

 

Just let your love flow like a mountain stream

And let your love grow with the smallest of dreams

And let your love show and you’ll know what I mean

It’s the season

 

Let your love fly like a bird on a wing

And let your love bind you to all living things

And let your love shine and you’ll know what I mean

That’s the reason