Tuesday, December 02, 2008

City Vs. Country

Jenny loved the Jonathan Richman song "City Vs. Country":
I want to live close to downtown to be near my friends
I want to be close to them,
And still be out by the trees and the wind

Having both will be hard to find I'm sure,

But then ain't that the way of the world,

I want the city but I want the country too.

I want to be with my friends by the fire and the starlight

But I want music, music in my life

Yes, I want a bar hopping music scene

And I want to pick from ten or fifteen

I want the city but I want the country too.
My mind is quiet, when my thoughts are slow

I stop to learn what I been wantin' to know

I need to live in the ancient world
If I'm gonna do what I want to do
I want the city but I want the country too
I'll never have both moon and sun

But one never knows, does one?

I want the city but I want the country too.


She had the same love that JoJo does for both. But I think she might have leaned more toward the country. She told me she would like to live in the roots of the trees at Redwood Regional park.

Or amongst the Anasazi cave dwellings.

Somewhere in a cave littered with petroglyphs, where she could watch the moon change.