"I'm gonna buy me a ticket as far as I can,
I ain't never comin' back
I'm gonna take me that south-bound,
All the way to Georgia now,
Till the train it run out of track"...
Don't ask me what it is about Marshall Tucker Band's "Can't you See", but every time I hear it I become overwhelmed with feelings of coziness, "gezellig", and a sense of one with Life.
I know it sounds corny, but there's something about listening to the opening riff of this song while being somewhere alone, I was just on my bike whizzing through the quiet streets of after-dusk Toronto, that makes me feel like all is right in my Life.
It's strange how one song can have such a powerful impact on my state of mind, especially considering that the lyrics don't particularly hit home...
I guess I'm writing because I just experienced this inner peace and tranquility and realized how strange it is to have such a thing stem from such a song. Perhaps it's because it instantly ignites a streaming slide show of memories from summer's past... Time spent driving for hours with no destination in sight or mind, the rules we broke sitting in close-knit circles in who ever's house happened to be parent-free at the time, stealth cottage weekends mid-winter just so we'd have some freedom and jokes so funny we could have sworn we were going to pee our pants.
This song reminds me of my (on-going) Youth. I feel like it has come to embody all the good feelings from memories past and memories in the making. It feels like something real and measurable, representing the attitude and feelings of the times- The "gezelligheid".
PS- This and Jethro Tull make me deeply regret ever giving up being a flautist... maybe one day.
I ain't never comin' back
I'm gonna take me that south-bound,
All the way to Georgia now,
Till the train it run out of track"...
Don't ask me what it is about Marshall Tucker Band's "Can't you See", but every time I hear it I become overwhelmed with feelings of coziness, "gezellig", and a sense of one with Life.
I know it sounds corny, but there's something about listening to the opening riff of this song while being somewhere alone, I was just on my bike whizzing through the quiet streets of after-dusk Toronto, that makes me feel like all is right in my Life.
It's strange how one song can have such a powerful impact on my state of mind, especially considering that the lyrics don't particularly hit home...
I guess I'm writing because I just experienced this inner peace and tranquility and realized how strange it is to have such a thing stem from such a song. Perhaps it's because it instantly ignites a streaming slide show of memories from summer's past... Time spent driving for hours with no destination in sight or mind, the rules we broke sitting in close-knit circles in who ever's house happened to be parent-free at the time, stealth cottage weekends mid-winter just so we'd have some freedom and jokes so funny we could have sworn we were going to pee our pants.
This song reminds me of my (on-going) Youth. I feel like it has come to embody all the good feelings from memories past and memories in the making. It feels like something real and measurable, representing the attitude and feelings of the times- The "gezelligheid".
PS- This and Jethro Tull make me deeply regret ever giving up being a flautist... maybe one day.
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