Drift Away by Dobie Gray


 

I’m countin’ on you, to carry me through…

I love this song.     I have past memories, and future plans to listen to this as I wake up on the side of the road, find me some coffee as I shake the dew off my tent and look at a map at 7:30 in the morning.     Feeling the effects of a pint of somethin’ something’ I bought in a town 200 miles away, but looking forward to a new day of riding.   I’ll load that tent, roll up my sleeping bag that will serve as my back rest for the next 600 miles today, turn on my ignition and wonder what the song is in my stereo.    I’ll start my bike, turn down the volume from the night before, and point my bike toward a gas station since I’m in a town with gas and I’m not sure if the next town has any.   Once I’m out of town, I’ll tab down on my hand controls to find this song and realize how free I am today.     I’ll probably leave that town hungry, with the ambition to make miles today, and the expectation to find a diner or a 7-11 to find lunch at.   Hell, to be honest, I don’t know, and that’s what makes a good ride.

 

“Gimme the beat boys to free my soul, I wanna get lost in your rock and roll and drift away”

 

You may or may not know the feeling.   I know I do.   It’s the feeling of adventure.   The feeling of  whats over the next rise, of riding the bike that you love across vast territory of nothing to hit the next town to find a gem of something good that will make you wonder.  To me, living in the openness of the west, that’s why I ride.   this song seems to hit that for me.

I have my daughters birthday this weekend.   I also have a B.A.C.A. car show I’ve done three times now this weekend.   I’ll do both, because I love both, but next weekend, I’m pointing my bike somewhere.   I gotta get lost in that rock and roll and drift away.   I gotta.

Day after day I’m more confused So I look for the light in the pouring rain You know that’s a game that I hate to lose I’m feelin’ the strain, ain’t it a shame

Oh, give me the beat, boys, and free my soul I wanna get lost in your rock and roll and drift away Oh, give me the beat, boys, and free my soul I wanna get lost in your rock and roll and drift away Beginning to think that I’m wastin’ time I don’t understand the things I do The world outside looks so unkind I’m countin’ on you to carry 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 Rhythm and rhyme and harmony You help me along makin’ me strong

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