That song was written by Kris Kristofferson, originally recorded by Ray Stevens in 1969, and the following year recorded by not just Kristofferson, but also his good friend Johnny Cash. If you've never heard it, let me give you the run down. The singer, after having spent a Saturday night drinking, smoking and playing guitar, has a beer for breakfast (just a note, this where the term 'hair of the dog' comes from. Referring to the old myth that you can prevent something by taking some of the hair of the dog that bit you.), cleaning himself up and heading out into the city. Out there, on the silent Sunday sidewalk, he laments how lonely it feels.
There are times that I wish I wouldn't think so much. However, the fact of the matter is, I do. I think all the time. I think about everything. I see so many possibilities in life... and my mind works through all of them. I don't know if this is something you all do... or if its just a part of my nature. I know in my younger days, I thought a lot. Perhaps its from being an only child, but I was a quiet boy. I kept to myself. I watched people and wondered. All through my life I have done this. I'm not saying I don't act, because if you've seen the scars that cover this body, you'll know that I've done my share of living and still will. However, that being said... I still mull over so many things.
So, right now... what's on my mind? What is keeping the wheels turning in my brain? There are a lot of things going on in there. Aside from all of the things that I have to do for work, the creative ideas that are constantly swimming about begging to be put down on paper... there's the future. I probably think about that the most lately. Right now, there are so many possibilities. So many directions that I could go. It doesn't help that I have one year left here in Biloxi, and after that the next three are at the mercy of the U.S. Navy. Yes, I know. I made the decision to enlist. I am good with that. However, I think about where I will go and what I will do. I think about relationships. I can say that there is someone who has sparked my interests greatly. Question is... what will come of that attraction? Even if she is attracted to me, how can I ask her to be in a long distance relationship or even wait, that's pretty selfish of me. Then here I go again... I'm already over-thinking all of this.
I think I will digress. I think I will choose not to think. That, I think, is the best way to think about this. Did you notice the "thinks" laden in those sentences... I wonder if it will work. What do you think?
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