Come to the Moon
Feb. 10th, 2024 03:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
billroperI got up early this morning to take K to rehearsal. After that, I came home and sat for a bit after letting Ruby the Dog out and watched another old episode of "Flip or Flop". By this time, it was 10 AM and time to move the load of my shirts into the dryer. I did that and decided that I could get the grocery shopping done for the day while waiting for Gretchen to come downstairs. So I proceeded to Sam's Club and Jewel, picking up the usual staples at the former and a fine checklist of "things I can't get at Mariano's" at the latter.
In between, I was listening to Radio Margaritaville. Now, I am aware that Jimmy Buffett was a Star Trek fan and a space aficionado. I have heard songs like "Desdemona's Building a Rocket Ship". But today, I heard a song that I had never heard before of his and I said to myself, "That is a straight up filk song."
A few minutes ago, I played it for my Parrothead wife who had *also* never heard the song before. And Gretchen said, "I don't know about musically, buy lyrically, you could have written that."
But I didn't. Jimmy Buffett did.
And here it is for you:
In between, I was listening to Radio Margaritaville. Now, I am aware that Jimmy Buffett was a Star Trek fan and a space aficionado. I have heard songs like "Desdemona's Building a Rocket Ship". But today, I heard a song that I had never heard before of his and I said to myself, "That is a straight up filk song."
A few minutes ago, I played it for my Parrothead wife who had *also* never heard the song before. And Gretchen said, "I don't know about musically, buy lyrically, you could have written that."
But I didn't. Jimmy Buffett did.
And here it is for you: