It’s Friday.
It’s been a week.
Let’s keep it short and simple tonight.
The Thing I Am Loving RIGHT now is something I have loved since the first time I heard it years and years and years ago. It is the one song I look for on any jukebox I come across and the only song I ever offer up if a singer, band, or friend with a guitar asks for a request.
They all know it.
They all nod in support of my choice. They all oblige.
They all realize …that they are out of their league. They all know they will never get it quite right. They all know they can never feel it deeply enough. They all know that while they can get the chords and the notes and the tempo correct, the feeling will always remain just a bit distant, it will never come straight from their shredded soul. The longing, the woe, the emptiness so full with regret will never translate in full to the universal language all hearts speak. They all know they are no match for Bill Withers. And now that he is gone, he will be gone too long….
Sweet Tea The Narwhal And Me 