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Driving through Fly Over country in 2016

Driving through Fly Over country in 2016

In 2016, I embarked on an epic road trip
Traveling back and forth the entire USA,
To celebrate my retirement from the State Department.
10,000 miles across 35 states in three months
As we drove through the forgotten corners
Of Third Worldish looking so called fly over country,
I knew that Donald Trump would become President
As he was everywhere and Hillary phoned it in.

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"The Way"
Written by Enrique Iglesias / Kara Dioguardi / David Siegel / Steve Morales
Sung by Fastball

They made up their minds
And they started packing
They left before the sun came up that day
An exit to eternal summer slacking
But where were they going without ever knowing the way?

They drank up the wine
And they got to talking
They now had more important things to say
And when the car broke down
They started walking
Where were they going without ever knowing the way?

Anyone can see the road that they walk on is paved in gold
And it's always summer
They'll never get cold
They'll never get hungry
They'll never get old and gray
You can see their shadows wandering off somewhere
They won't make it home
But they really don't care
They wanted the highway
They're happier there today, today

Their children woke up
And they couldn't find 'em
They left before the sun came up that day
They just drove off and left it all behind 'em
But where were they going without ever knowing the way?

Anyone can see the road that they walk on is paved in gold
And it's always summer
They'll never get cold
They'll never get hungry
They'll never get old and gray
You can see their shadows wandering off somewhere
They won't make it home
But they really don't care
They wanted the highway
They're happier there today, today

Anyone can see the road that they walk on is paved in gold
And it's always summer
They'll never get cold
They'll never get hungry
They'll never get old and gray
You can see their shadows wandering off somewhere
They won't make it home
But they really don't care
They wanted the highway
They're happier there today, today