Elton John - “Funeral For a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding”
The summer after high school, I worked at the same place as my dad. The most direct route to the office was four miles away from our house, but the majority of the drive was down Main Street, a two lane road that was often stop and go during rush hour. There was also a back route you could take that was almost twice as long but there was never any traffic so sometimes it was faster, or at least it felt faster since you were moving the whole time.
We usually drove separately to work since Dad went in earlier and stayed later than I did, but every once in awhile we’d drive together, and on the way home, we’d pop in Goodbye Yellow Brick Road and race home, trying to pull into the driveway before “Funeral for a Friend” ended. We never made it if we took the back roads, but on days when traffic was light on Main Street, we’d roar into the garage, windows down, the final notes of the song blaring triumphantly as we sat in the car until the song ended. I wonder if our neighbors were ever puzzled by our manic celebration to what I assume is meant to be a sad song.
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