(opening track of 1973 elton john album “goodbye yellow brick road”)
(one of my favorite songs during ‘summer 2002’)
(before my first year of college)
(first summer i had my own car to drive)
(the ‘ford explorer’)
(it was always being played on Q104.3)
(reminds me of trying in vain to pursue ‘gabby cohen’)
(and aimlessly driving around the neighborhoods all night looking for a party to crash)
(i also liked the ominous title of “funeral for a friend”)
(i used to say this to ‘paul lee’ out of the blue and he jokingly interpreted it as a suicidal threat)
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