So, I was done with the celebratory G&T and shrimp cocktail, sitting on the boat, in the front spot. (It's nice to be first on the boat - the view is unsurpassed.)

I listened to John Gorka (again, thanks Jim!), singing along to Blues Palace at the top of my lungs. Then I decided to listen carefully to some of the other tunes on my compilation CD.

You know how the universe just hits you with some stuff at exactly the right time? Check out this song. It couldn't have been more appropriate!

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Morningside - John Gorka

Am I a fool at this late date
To heed a voice that says "You can be great"

I heard it young, now I hear it again
It says, "you can be better than you've ever been"

Don't want to waste what I have to give
In all of the time that I've left to live
Don't want to waste what I have to give
In any of the time that I've got left
I can do more than I thought I could
Work brings more luck than knocking on wood
There's random bad and random good
Work brings more good luck

You ask the world
And the world says, "no"
It's the world's refrain
Mine says, "go"
You ask the world
And the world says, "no"
It's an old world refrain
Mine says, "go"

Don't want to waste what I have to give
In all of the time that I've left to live
Don't want to waste what I have to give
In any of the time that I've got left
I can do more than I thought I could
Work brings more luck than knocking on wood
There's random bad and random good
Work brings more good luck

Better be off
I've got dreams to dream
Though it seems uphill and a little extreme
If I can find hope in this fading light
Then I'll find you on the morningside