R.I.P. John Prine an American Treasure. We can celebrate his life and enjoy his work to get through the misery and these tough times. He was able to observe life with a critical eye and a heartfelt wink.
Way down
Way down it must be
I can't stop this misery
It must be way down
Spring is just a smile away
Laughing at a summer day
Turn around Look at fall
Winter, hear my lonely call
Way down ...
How ya' gonna get sunshine
Peeking thru Venetian blinds
Don't you know all that fear
Begins and ends the same place
Here
Way down ...
And this gem...
And I smiled on the Wabash
The last time I passed it
Yes I gave her a wink
From the passenger side
And my foot fell asleep
As I swallowed my candy
Knowing he was in heaven
Before he died
Here's a beautiful song he did with Susan Tedeschi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhW1aX9l3fYAnd one that he wrote on his second album. Even then he could joke about his/our mortality.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhW1aX9l3fYAnd more recently from The Tree Of Forgiveness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0EiV423j0MWhen I get to heaven, I'm gonna shake God's hand
Thank him for more blessings than one man can stand
Then I'm gonna get a guitar and start a rock-n-roll band
Check into a swell hotel, ain't the afterlife grand?
And then I'm gonna get a cocktail: vodka and ginger ale
Yeah, I'm gonna smoke a cigarette that's nine miles long
I'm gonna kiss that pretty girl on the tilt-a-whirl
'Cause this old man is goin' to town.................
And if you just want to Chase Corona Out Of Town with a reggae/latin rhythm, try dancing to this. Straight out of that reggae hotbed of Germany. (Gotta love the guy playing the cheese grater with a whisk.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoOvXzn9rwY One Love,
Jim