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“Camino Man”

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Camino Ingles (2019); Camino Frances (2021 or 2022); Camino Portuguese (2021 or 2022)
As I walked westward towards Los Arcos yesterday, my shadow stretched long before me and I had the fanciful thought that it was racing on ahead, much faster than I could go, “Come back, Shadow, I can’t keep up!”

Heat will do strange things to a brain and while I was urging my Shadow to slow down, my husband was working on new lyrics to Billy Joel’s song, “Piano Man,” only he, of course, changed it to “Camino Man.” Here is a taste of his creation for your pleasure:

“It's eight AM on a Saturday,
And the regular crowd shuffles out,
There's an old man limping next to me,
And he looks up at me with a pout,

He says, “Son, can you sing me a memory,
It's something to do with the blues,
It's sad and it's sweet,
And I knew it complete,
When I wore a younger man's shoes!”

Chorus:
Sing us a song, Camino man,
Sing us a song, with a smile,
And we'll take up the song
As we struggle along,
And make our "Way" cross the miles!

Glenn's a wildlife scientist,
Who's madly in love with his wife,
And he's talking with Sally,
Who's thinking of Sully,
And probably will be for life,

(chorus)

Now I’m looking afar,
At a friend of mine,
She's way down the trail from me,
Though I'm falling behind,
There's always a sign,
And there's nowhere that I'd rather be!

Sing us a song Camino man…..

(Note: I’m Glenn’s wife, “Sally,” and “Sully” is our 4 year old granddaughter, who is with us in spirit!)IMG_2530.jpegIMG_2632.jpeg
 
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Brilliant! I love paradies! I've been working on one for years involving RV living, which I did for eight glorious years. Here's the chorus from "I enjoy being a girl" from the musical Flower Drum Song:

I'm strictly a female female
And my future I hope will be
In the rig of a retiree male
Who'll enjoy
Being a guy
Driving a girl like me........
 
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Love the top photo, all in shade of brown with 3 different texture with an interesting shadow of you. Brilliant piece of art! and love the song too.
 
LOl That's awesome thanks!

When I walked 2 years ago I had a day where I was alone and to amuse myself I made up my own little ditty
"We're going on Camino, Camino, Camino
We're going on Camino
CAMINO DE SANTIAGO!!!" The last line is shouted and punctuated by punching my trekking poles in the air lol

Other friends did a rewrite of "It's a long way to Tipperary" and "Kocomo" which involved a lot of cerveza.

I worry about people that don't let their mind wander and create their own entertainment.
 
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