Most days I feel grateful for friends but today even more so. Today I needed to make that escape and C+J dropped everything, said "we're here" and "this is your home". I needed help and they had help to give.
When I grabbed for a first disc to play on the drive it was - completely coincidentally - a compilation that C made me many years ago now. And the first song? Well it was exactly what I needed to hear...
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If Love Was A Train
if love was a train i think i would ride me a slow one
one that would ride through the night making every stop
if love was a train
i would feel no pain
i would feel no pain
and i would never get off
if love was a train i think i would ride me a long one
hear me talking, i'm talking fifty boxcars long
aw, what's the use?
most trains these days ain't got no engine
much less no caboose
if love was a train i'd throw my body on her tracks
if love was a train i'd throw my body right down on her tracks
if love was a train
i would feel no pain
i would feel no pain
as she rolled right down my back
but love ain't no train, more like a broncin' bull
the most you got's 15 seconds in the saddle
and even if you manage to ride, you are all shaken up inside
and it's gonna be a long (long long long) time
before you ride that bull again
Michelle Shocked
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