{"id":717,"date":"2020-12-17T18:01:29","date_gmt":"2020-12-17T18:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/billdeasy.com\/wp\/?page_id=717"},"modified":"2020-12-22T22:29:37","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T22:29:37","slug":"slightly-aimless","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/billdeasy.com\/wp\/?page_id=717","title":{"rendered":"Slightly Aimless"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Slightly Aimless\" width=\"819\" height=\"461\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YC_ahK6PGPY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption><br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>I went down to Leo&#8217;s Lounge to look at the faces, listen to the sounds<br>Bartender Bernie, look my way, he say,<br>&#8220;Tell me, son, how do you feel today?&#8221;<br>And I say, &#8220;Aimless. Aimless. I am feeling slightly aimless.&#8221;<\/em><br><br>Yes, there was a bartender named Bernie. Yes, we talked. Probably about music. Later, when Gathering Field had gotten better known in Pittsburgh, I think he might have come to one of our shows though I don&#8217;t recall speaking with him. I just remembering knowing, somehow, that HE knew that I dropped his name in a song. The final note about Bernie is that we received word of his passing before a show on Martha&#8217;s Vineyard. We dedicated the set to him.<br><br><em>Sad Susan sips her wine. The boys all say she&#8217;s easy but she says she&#8217;s just kind<br>She sits beside me, rests her hand upon my thigh<br>She notice that I&#8217;m quiet and so she asks me why.<br>And I say, &#8220;Aimless. Aimless. I am feeling slightly aimless.&#8221;<br><br><\/em>There was no Sad Susan. No hands on thighs, no probing late-night questions between drunken patrons. It&#8217;s all just fiction that feels pretty real. At least to me.<br><br><em>The future is a word, don&#8217;t hold much meaning to me<br>Don&#8217;t ask me where I&#8217;m going, I don&#8217;t know<br>You see I got something inside me, I got to find a way to set it free<br>Where I&#8217;m going now that depends mostly on which way the wind blows<\/em><br><br>This bridge calls Scott Blasey and Liz Berlin to mind. I see them standing across from each other, with their headphones and their microphones, in Dave Brown&#8217;s Zelienople living room. Finding their parts together. The Clarks, Rusted Root and the Gathering Field all represented in Dave&#8217;s living room. How cool is that?<br><br><em>Walking home along Frankstown Road, thinking about a woman, she&#8217;s a girl I used to know<br>Car pulls beside me, old man driving, he ask me if I might be needing a ride<br>I say, &#8220;No thank you. Aimless, aimless, I am feeling slightly aimless\u2026&#8221;<br><br><\/em>The woman\/girl is now my wife. The old man is God, asking if I need some help. Brilliant young drunk fool that I was, I say, &#8220;No thanks. 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