A dear friend of mine woke me from a very pleasant dream squirrely early this morning to inform me she had become engaged. I've thought much about her and that development today and this song, I feel, aptly illustrates my overall reaction. Marriage...
Somewhere in this lonely world
There is a place where I belong
And I have seen its fields and streams
They have been revealed in my dreams
But you see I cannot settle down
There's just to much left un-found
I keep drifting like a cloud
On the wind, on the wind
Loved ones and friends lost along the way
I hope they have no ill words to say
'Cause I have cried so many tears
Leaving behind precious hearts throughout the years
'Cause you see I cannot settle down
There's just too much left un-found
I keep drifting like a cloud
On the wind, on the wind
I must keep traveling on
To find the place where I belong
And if I travel 'til the day I die
I'll make my home somewhere far beyond the sky
'Cause you see I cannot settle down
There's just too much left un-found
I keep drifting like a cloud
On the wind, on the wind
And you see I cannot settle down
There just too much left un-found
I keep drifting like a cloud
On the wind, on the wind
On the wind, on the wind
-Peter Bradley Adams
Maybe it's good for her... but for me... it sounds... impossible, atrocious, inconceivable, and if I am honest, attractive, reasonable, and desirable even. Here's the kicker: she's not the only of my friends involved in such foolishness. She just happens to be the closest to me. Another friend pointed out that as I (we) get older, there will be more and more stories of marrying and giving in marriage...
