Recently I was sittin' in one of Nashville's libraries of culture. A placed called the Station Inn.
A music place, or as I often refer "a library of culture," some might call it a honky tonk. I go to this one place often as it is one of the last real places where you can still hear traditional country music and bluegrass. Finding that in Nashville now days is becoming harder. Folks like to label stuff "country" but I think often that is miss advertisement.
On occasion I was sitting with this one group of folks. All of them are younger, some much younger than me. I like sitting with these guys, a couple of them are song writers, they just come at life from a different street than I so often have traveled. I definitely am the senior of the group. One of the fellas sitting at the table often refers to me as "history." "Hey history what do you think?"
A bit before the show started one of the young guys got up and left the table. One of the fellas at the table called him by name and then said, "he's had a rough week." He went on to say that his friend had been dating this girl for sometime.This week had bought a ring and proposed to her. "It didn't go well, she as graciously as she could, she turned him down." Sad.
About midnight that evening as I left to come home I got in my car and slipped in a George Strait cd. The second song that came on told the following story. It was almost like I had heard earlier that evening.
At a table for two/ With candlelight and wine
That diamond burnin' holes in his pockets/ Thinkin' now's the perfect time
When he popped the question he could see/ The teardrops fill her eyes
She said I knew this was comin,' and I'm sorry/ But I hope you realize
You can't make a heart love somebody/ You can tell it what to do
But it won't listen at all/ You can't make a heart love somebody
You can lead a heart to love/ But you can't make it fall
Then she reached for his hand/ And said I want you to know
I've done everything that I know of/ to make the feelin' grow
I've begged and I've pleaded with my heart/ But there's no gettin' through
My heart's the only part of me/ That's not in love with you
You can't make a heart love somebody/ You can tell it what to do
But it won't listen at all/ You can't make a heart love somebody
You can lead a heart to love/ But you can't make it fall
You can lead a heart to love/ But you can't make it fall
(Johnny Macrae--Steve Clark)
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Novermber 30, 2016
Keep on,
Larry Adamson