Sultans of Swing

The sea-shore is a sort of neutral ground, a most advantageous point from which to contemplate this world. It is hard to forget that which it is worse than useless to remember. - Thoreau

windows down

tires rollin'

breeze blowin'

radio crankin'

offkey, youthful voices beltin' it out

i remember the sizzlin', summer days

headin' for the coast

beach towels wrapped 'round our spirited heads

ruling everything

as if we were sultans of swing

Author's Note

"Many a forenoon have I stolen away, preferring to spend thus the most valued part of the day; for I was rich, if not in money, in sunny hours and summer days, and spent them lavishly." - Thoreau

Reviews

[Samuel Dickens]

I can dig it. Oh, to be young and free again. Did we know how good we had it? Don't know about you, but I'd pay good money to lavishly spend a bit of that kind of time again.

[Pete]

don't you know it. we accumulate all this stiff and it ends up owning us. i think my muse thoreau said it well, "The youth gets together his materials to build a bridge to the moon, or, perchance, a palace or temple on the earth, and, at length, the middle-aged man concludes to build a woodshed with them." thanks sd.

[Thomas W Case]

Great work. I love the Dire Straits

[Pete]

music - the universal language. thanks twc.

[Joli Dy]

Yes, brother! Right there with you!

[Pete]

guess it's not just me. thank you jd - keep rockin'.

[Kelly Scheppers]

Those sunny hours and summer days were spent lavishly...and how we wished they would never end. Dire Straits may have sung it, but we were the sultans of swing!

[Pete]

indeed. we may not have realized it at the time but being young and having such music made everything our oyster. happy thanksgiving Kelly.

[Kelly Scheppers]

So true, Pete! And we had the very best bands back then, didn't we?

[Pete]

I think so and still listen to it. I think it becomes a part of us.

[Glenda]

;-)

........Great piece!

[Pete]

thanks gk. happy thanksgiving.

[Glenda]

and you Pete

[Chris Shaw]

Love Dire Straits Pete. Particularly Sultans of Swing. Love your snapshot memory here. So joyful. Takes me back a few years for sure. Happy Thanksgiving Day for tomorrow.

Chris

[Pete]

well you certainly have good taste. i've always liked them with that knopfler. to this day, if i'm in a store and that song is playing it brings a smile. how could anyone not be happy listening to it? happy thanksgiving chris for sure. thank you and same to you.