Science fiction, fantasy, mystery and what-not
“Even Now” began streaming in my head like I was listening to the radio in 1983. There’d been nothing in my head except, “Where’s the towel?” Then here’s Bob singing, “There’s a highway, a lonesome stretch of gray.”
I said, “Bob, baby, why?”
He said, “Even now, she’s all that I want, all that I need.”
“Bob, that’s answering my question, is it, Bob?”
“She’s givin’ it all, she’s givin’ it free.”
I accepted it; the Universe had chosen my Sunday morning music.
Sometimes a song comes to you. I wonder if they’re like food cravings, coming to you to fill a need you feel. Maybe they’re just reflections of states of mind, a mirror on the present, and a glance back at the past.
Today’s song was written and released by one of my all-time preferences, Bob Seger. Most of us have used that expression in retrospect about something or someone, saying, “Even now, I’d go to them, if I could.” “Even now, after all we went through, I still miss them.” Bob was always good about writing about relationships, looking back at them, and wondering.
That’s what this one is all about. I don’t have any suspicions ’bout why I’m streaming it in my head. Sometimes a song just comes to you.
“Even Now”, 1983.
Michael Seidel, writer 