Livin’ On a Prayer - Bon Jovi
Proud Mary - Tina Turner
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough - Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
Blister in the Sun - Violent Femmes
The Final Countdown - Europe
Side B: When you’re feeling contemplative and want to take in the scenery
These Days - Nico
Watching the Wheels - John Lennon
Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
Waterloo Sunset - The Kinks
S.O.S. - Abba
Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve
Roads - Portishead
Just My Imagination - The Temptations
Someone Saved My Life Tonight - Elton John
Dreams - Fleetwood Mac
Across the Universe - The Beatles
Lucas leaned against the opened window, his hand waving in the wind as we drove. He hadn’t said anything as I took the backroads and scenic routes.
After a little while, I turned down the music to talk to him. “Enjoying the ride?”
He brought his hand in and leaned against the car seat. “I am.”
“You pick the next turn.”
He straightened up in his seat. “I don’t know where I am.”
I shrugged. “So? What does your gut tell you?”
“I’m all for guts, but in the matter of directions, people have starved and died getting lost.”
“Okay, then we keep driving straight until you choose.”
“Straight is good. At least we’ll be able to find our way back.”
“Do you even know where this road leads?” I asked.
He sat up straighter, more alert. “Where does it lead?”
“It could lead us into another state. Or it could take us right off a cliff.”
“Funny.”
