I want to get caught up in the terrible scene from Charlottesville. But as my friend Kim Morrow advises, that’s not growing roots. What that would be, is getting caught up in the politics of it all. Jonesy says as much.
Instead, my thoughts are connected to this song that Garrison Keillor sung with Heather Masse the other night in Aspen
When We’re Gone, Long Gone
Written by Jamie O’Hara, Kieran Kane
Such a beautiful song
GK added this verse:
We struggled, to bring up our children
To teach them how and what for
And the years went by in the distance
And the smiles that walked out the door
And when they’re gone long gone
…
And here’s the song in the original lyrics sung by Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, and Emmylou Harris on Trio II. I just bought Trio and Trio II, I can’t stop listening to it.
“When We’re Gone, Long Gone”
Trouble, we have known trouble
In our struggle just to get by
Many times the burden’s been heavy
Still we carried on side by side
And when we’re gone long gone
The only thing that will have mattered
Is the love that we shared
And the way that we cared
When we’re gone, long gone
And when we’re walking together in glory
Hand in hand through eternity
It’s the love that will be remembered
Not wealth, not poverty
And when we’re gone long gone
The only thing that will have mattered
Is the love that we shared
And the way that we cared
When we’re gone, long gone
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