Drifting Away

Back in 1973 Dobie Gray sang Drift Away, while sitting back talking to my little Sister a couple nights ago I was reminded that there are a lot of memories tied to this song, some good, some funny and a few that carry on today when the kids sing the version you repeated once, sitting and talking over old times so to say have a way of making you Drift Away.

♫ Day after day, I'm more confused

Yet I look for the light through the pourin' rain

You know that's a game that I hate to loose

And I'm feelin' the strain

Ain't it a shame ♪

The thing so confusing about reminiscing with your siblings is that you each remember different things, and the things you are talking about like it was yesterday is sometimes over thirty years past, so no wonder some memories are a bit clouded and the harder you try to remember the worse it seems to get, especially when the younger Sister brings up things you should know but the clear picture that was once in your head is really fuzzy now, ain’t it a shame? Well that’s just how it goes and as she pointed out to me, “Memories are fragments of your life that you remember, we all don’t remember the same thing even though we were there at the same time, what was important to you and remembered well, just may have been seen differently and not remembered at all by someone else”, she sounds pretty smart doesn’t she.

♪ Beginnin' to think that I'm wastin' time

I don't understand the things I do

The world outside looks so unkind

Now I'm countin' on you

To carry me through ♫

As we get older some memories fade while others remain strong, names of some people you knew in the past are as clear as your own, while others that you should remember are as clear as mud and it is a waste of time to try and make yourself understand why your mind works this way, one name my Sister brought up I remembered well and just kind of stumbled through the conversation stalling to see if she could come up with it, I thought it was pretty funny until she asked me another, heck the only reason I actually came up with this name was strictly due to cheating and looking at my High School Annual, yes folks I still have my annuals from all four years of high school and can’t understand why the pages are becoming as brittle as the memory that is counting on them to get me through.

♫ And when my mind is free

You know a melody can move me

And when I'm feelin' blue

The guitar's comin' through To soothe me ♪

♪ Thanks for the joy that you've given me

I want you to know I believe in your song

And rhythm and rhyme and harmony

You help me along Makin' me strong ♫

Memories are a blessing, and looking back on life with your loved ones is something you will definitely enjoy no matter how clear the memories are or if you remember everything as clear as your loved one, music brings back a lot of good memories and heartache depending on the song, other songs bring back laughter or remind you of a particular group of friends every time you hear it, when you are sad nothing helps you along like an old song from yesteryear so to say.

Take time to Drift Away into some old memories, talk with your family, siblings, parents, friends, or anyone who was a part of your life way back then and laugh for a while at the things you remember and pay attention to how different you actually remember the details, none of you are wrong, you were just looking at life from a different angle then and remembering it from that same angle now.

No matter how many different angles that memory was viewed from then, it is well worth the time spent to get lost in that memory and drift away with someone who was there with you.

♫ Oh, give me the beat boys and free my soul

I wanna get lost in your rock n roll

And drift away ♪

♫ Oh, give me the beat boys and free my soul

I wanna get lost in your…