The Answers Must Come From Within

As I have mentioned before, I often wake with a song in my head that has a message. Today I woke to Free Ride by Edgar Winter.  It was one of my favorite songs in high school so I was happy to hear it.  It conjured up great memories of the freedom that my friends and I felt when were getting our drivers licenses and had the ability to go places without our parents present. I remembered driving in a friend's convertible, top down, volume up as high as the car's cassette player would allow. I couldn't help but smile.

As I lay there, I couldn't recall all the lyrics, aside from "come on and take a free ride" so I was interested to see what the message was.  When I pulled up the lyrics, I got goose bumps up and down my arms . . . especially the second verse, as it seems so timely for the place we are in as a world right now.  For those of you who don't know the song, I've pasted the lyrics below.

If it speaks to you, wonderful.  If it doesn't, that's alright too.  It's still one of my all time favorite songs - best listened to with the volume up.

Free Ride

Edgar Winter

The mountain is high
The valley is low
And you're confused on which way to go
So I've come here to give you a hand
And lead you into the promised land
So (ooh, ooh, ooh) come on and take a free ride

Come on and sit here by my side

Come on and take a free ride

All over the country
I'm seeing it the same
Nobody's winning at this kind of game
We gotta do better it's time to begin
You know all the answers must come from within
So (ooh, ooh, ooh) come on and take a free ride
(Free ride)
(Ooh, ooh, ooh) Come on and sit here by my side

Come on and take a free ride

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, free ride

Come on and take a free ride
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Come on and take a free ride
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah