Where do we go from here?

This week's vinyl spinning on my turntable is The Band's "Cahoots". This LP includes some of my favorite songs and some of my least favorites. When I visited my local independent record shop (yes, they still exist) I wanted to pick up "Stage Fright", but "Cahoots" seemed to calling my name. So "SF" will have to wait for another time.

"Cahoots" seems to have aged pretty well, with themes that could fit into this modern world.

My favorite lyrics include:

"We're all in the same boat ready to float off

the edge of the world.

The flat old World." - Life is a Carnival

"Sailin' round the world in a dirty gondola.

Oh to be back in the land of Coca Cola." - When I Paint My Masterpiece

"Where do we go from here? I ask my woman.

Where do we go from here? Oh woman my woman.

...she said 'nowhere'." - Where Do We Go from Here?

"I was thinkin' out loud.

Talking to myself.

I was up on a cloud.

There was nobody else." - Thinkin' Out Loud

I think the mixture of cynicism and fear of the future is why I'm drawn to this particular LP. My life lately has been such a mix, but I am ever the optimist. The final answer is in "Where Do We Go from Here?":

"Where do we go from here? I hear from no one.

"Where do we go from here? Could you tell me someone?

...I'd go anywhere."