I really like Brad Paisley’s work. His sense of humor appeals to me and most of his songs are pretty lighthearted. This one did get radio play, but it is not one of his best known. Sometimes, you just hear something that resonates with you and this is one of them.

Back when I lead a team, I would put together a Friday playlist that would describe the week.  Then, I would open it up for the rest of the team to add to after I started it.  Usually, it was silly, sometimes angry and sometimes I would just let them make their own connections to the songs on the list.  We would then release it Friday at lunch time.  

I used to play this song a lot on Friday mornings while I was early in the office and no one was around.  I suppose what it said to me was at the time was that things can get better.  That was a message that I wanted to hear and believe.  

I am not going to do a deep analysis of the lyrics today.  According to what I read, Paisley wrote the song in relation to Obama’s nomination to run for President.  As someone that is mid-life, the amount attitude changes around race has changed dramatically in the last forty years.   To go a little abstract, this song is about observing the impossible to possible through technology or attitude.  It appears that Brad and I are not going to agree on politics, but it doesn’t mean the message or the intent is wrong.  

End Your Programming Routine: To boil it all down, what we do today does matter for the outcomes of tomorrow.  My hope is that some day, we will look back with the benefit of time past and be able to have a clearer understanding of how we got there.  As Brad eludes, today is always the future from a different perspective.  Here’s to 2022.