What An Unusual Thing Happened To Me: Redux

MOTUS A.D. ^ | 11-3-20 | MOTUS

[NOBO2012]

I checked back to see what my thoughts were on Election Day, 2016. They were very similar to what they are today. I included a quote that surprisingly feels even more right today:

A phenomenon occurs but because you’re in the middle of it, you just think it’s your life until it’s over. And then you look back and say, “what an unusual thing happened to me…” – Paul Simon

I leave you today with a song written by Simon in 1973, in the midst of the very divisive Vietnam War. It once again seems to capture the split zeitgeist of the nation. The little minstrel man spins a magical tune…An American Tune:

“An American Tune”

by Paul Simon

Many's the time I've been mistaken
And many times confused

Yes, and often felt forsaken

And certainly misused

But I'm all right, I'm all right

I'm just weary to my bones

Still, you don't expect to be

Bright and bon vivant

So far away from home, so far away from home

And I don't know a soul who's not been battered
I don't have a friend who feels at ease

I don't know a dream that's not been shattered

or driven to its knees

But it's all right, it's all right

We've lived so well so long

Still, when I think of the road

we're traveling on

I wonder what went wrong

I can't help it, I wonder what went wrong

And I dreamed I was dying
And I dreamed that my soul rose unexpectedly

And looking back down at me

Smiled reassuringly

And I dreamed I was flying

And high up above my eyes could clearly see

The Statue of Liberty

Sailing away to sea

And I dreamed I was flying

We come on the ship they call the Mayflower
We come on the ship that sailed the moon

We come in the age's most uncertain hour

and sing an American tune

But it's all right, it's all right

You can't be forever blessed

Still, tomorrow's going to be another working day

And I'm trying to get some rest

That's all I'm trying to get some rest

Or if that’s not your cup of tea, there’s always Les Mis – Can You Hear the People Sing. Crank up the volume so everyone can hear you.

I’ll be opening MOTUS’ Twilight Nocturn Election Night Lounge this evening at 6:00 PM for anyone who wishes to drop by. Little Mo will be tending bar. No mask or social distancing required. Just nod, he always knows what you want.

Do remember what an amazing thing happened in 2016 and prepare to have it happen all over again – despite all odds – because President Donald J. Trump speaks for us. Never forget that.

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[HartleyMBaldwin]

That’s always been one of my favorite Paul Simon tunes.

[enumerated]

Thanks, I needed that

[p. henry]

Me too.

[texas booster]

Thanks for the post.

I have come to prefer Eva Cassidy's rendition of American Tune.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txHp21IdCG4