Don Henley's "My Thanksgiving"

Aloha Friends !

On a regular basis, I listen to music and often times it's the disc "Inside Job" by Don Henley. Don has been a favorite musician of mine for decades, starting back when he was with the Eagles. Like one of my other favorites , Dan Fogelberg, Don Henley has a way with words, often times telling us "how the cow ate the cabbage" so to speak. Personally, I like that about his music.

A very old friend...probably one of my best old friends, did a search and contacted me yesterday, after 35...maybe 45 years. Needless to say, it was great hearing from such a good friend and it took me back to some fun and maybe some reckless old memories the two of us had...nothing serious, just harmless fun. Maybe it was this potential revival of an old friendship that got me thinking about Don Henley's track "My Thanksgiving", even though the lyrics only vaguely relate...or maybe not even relate at all to me and my old friend...still, it's worth pondering what Don has to say. I hope you take the time to see if it applies to you, as it's rather long.  I even left a couple of verses out, in the interest of time. Here is the condensed version:

"A lot of things have happened since the last time we spoke

Some of them are funny

Some of 'em ain't no joke

And I trust you will forgive me

if I lay it on the line

I always thought you were a friend of mine

Sometimes I think about you

I wonder how you're doing now

And what you're going through

The last time I saw you

We were playing with fire

We were loaded with passion

And a burning desire

For every breath, for every day of living

And this is my Thanksgiving

Now the trouble with you and me, my friend

Is the trouble with this nation

Too many blessings, too little appreciation

And I know that kind of notion - well, it just ain't cool

So send me back to Sunday school

Because I'm tired of waiting for Reason to arrive

It's too long we've been living these unexamined lives

I've got great expectations

I've got family and friends

I've got satisfying work

I've got a back that bends

For every breath, for every day of living

This is my thanksgiving

For every moment of joy

Every hour of fear

For every winding road that brought me here

For every breath, for every day of living

This is my Thanksgiving

For everyone who helped me start

And for everything that broke my heart

For every breath, for every day of living

This is my Thanksgiving (thanks to Don Henley!)

Please don't make the mistake that I made...keep in touch with your good old friends. We have too few of them in life.

Don

Comments

[cheryl]

very nice.