On the Road Again, by Willie Nelson.
First night on the road in 2021, so this is a little on the nose. š When I started this project and the question of what I would do when I started traveling again for work came up, I did not anticipate that I would be traveling for youth soccer first. But here we are, in Rock Hill, South Carolina, just outside Charlotte, after a long day on the road.
This song might’ve been the very first Willie song I ever heard, even before the Red Headed Stranger cassette took its turn on repeat around my Dad. Feels like it’s been watered down by a thousand commercial uses (full credit to Willie for being a player, though), but what few lyrics there are hit a little harder now. I changed the “gypsies” reference the second time through, and should’ve skipped it the first time, too. C’mon, Willie.
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Uh, if the video quality is better on my iPhone 11 than on my 2017 MBP camera, I guess I shouldn’t be surprised. The audio is comically acceptable, though. I supposed millions of influencers talking into their ringlights can’t be wrong.