Have you ever been driving and a song comes on the radio and it fits your mood, or what is going on around you, so perfectly that it almost seems planned? A musical synchronicity. That is what happened to me on the drive home yesterday. It was the first time I had heard Luke Bryan's Huntin' Fishin and Lovin Everyday. It was a perfect end to a 500 mile drive. So perfect that I want to share the song with you.For spring break, I drove from Maryland to Indiana to visit my son and family. There is nothing better than visiting family; especially when that family includes your grandbaby. As I drove back to Baltimore, from Indiana, I thought that I might stop for an overnight rest at my newly acquired hunting cabin.
Even though I was tired from the drive, and a bit sad about leaving family behind, I felt my spirits picking up as I drove the curving and scenic roads of West Virginia. The sun was low and I'd be arriving at The Shack just at sunset. I was looking forward to starting a fire in the wood stove and snuggling in a sleeping bag and relaxing for a night before finishing the long drive to Baltimore. Then this new-to-me song started to play and I cranked it up.
The music and lyrics are not complex. In fact, they are a bit more repetitive than I usually like. But there is something moving about the song. I think because it speaks to country living and not just loving each day, but loving... every day. I look forward to when I'm able to replace the words with rockin' on my porch, pullin' weeds, and diggin' in the garden. Or milkin' goats and feedin' chickens.
Luke Bryan and Kill The Lights Tour
As soon as I returned home, I looked up the song. I found that it is a track from the Kill The Lights album. There are other songs on the album I am familiar with and love. This is one of those rare albums that I'd buy for the entire album, not just one song.
AND more good news, the Kill the Lights Tour begins in April 2016 and comes to areas near me - Charleston, West Virginia and Baltimore, Maryland!
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Perfect song! I remember when we moved here to our country home in Arkansas from crowded, busy Virginia Beach, my husband would walk around our two acres (backed by thousands more empty acres) and he'd say, "It's like camping every day." Almost 25 years later, and especially now that he's retired, we both still feel that way. There wasn't a song to go with it, but your Luke Bryan song comes close. I can see that it fits your situation perfectly! Hope you consider going to one of those concerts. How fun that would be!
ReplyDeleteIt's so nice to hear your story. Sometimes I worry just a teeny bit that I have a case of "the grass is greener...". But hearing how happy you and your husband still are solidifies for me that I'm really ready for country living again.
DeleteI can just imagine you zipping down the road in your jeep with the top off and crankin' up this song! It just needs to be revised to say "Canoeing, Fishing, and Lovin Everyday". I have often found that music can join me right where I am and voice my thoughts perfectly. It always seems to lift my spirit to just sing along. So tell us Dawn, did you sing along? I know you had memorized the chorus before the song on the radio ended!
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh... you KNOW I sung along. Loudly. It was a country road so I didn't have to worry about harming the hearing of passersbys like I do in the city! haha.
DeleteGreat song and video, it's the first time I've heard this song, and brings back to the days when we went camping all of the time. Every time we went camping it was like I never wanted it to end. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteThank you for the visit! That's exactly how I feel about camping. I get a tiny homesick...but really wish I could camp permanently.
DeleteI fully agree that certain songs 'fit your mood or current situation' perfectly. Delighted you found one that 'spoke' just to you and your life!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Elf.
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