One of the bright spots for me in today's "new" country music is the Zac Brown Band. I saw them in concert a couple of years ago, and they are one of the best live acts I've ever seen. True musicianship. ZBB came up on my iPod on the drive home from work today. "Free" was the perfect song to soundtrack the ride. The weather was spectacular and I pulled apart the jeep and rode home topless, as my co-workers like to joke. The opening line of the poem below, is a line from the song. It stuck with me and inspiration set in. Below, I posted the song for your listening pleasure.
We'll drive until the city lights dissolve into the country sky
just me and you, and an empty backseat.
We knew this day would eventually come. It feels like
forever ago and yesterday all at once.
The diapers and carseats turned into college applications
in merely the blink of an eye. Hearts full of pride
and perhaps a faint ache, our three is back to two.
He is off becoming a man, and we are sailing
into the sunset, feeling young once again.
