Maybe I'm lonely, but I'm still alive. I wish she were, too. There was one guy, once. But heartache notwithstanding, I know it ultimately wouldn't have worked out and I'd be lonely still, today. *** Musing sent me on a search for the original. I love Eva, but it's Buffy Sainte-Marie's song.

I once got stopped for speeding while this song was playing.

I'm a sucker for poignant inspirational songs from the 80s & 90s. Love that delicate, sweet, choir-girl "I know that there is pain," followed by the whomp of arena-ready drums.

Driving my tin can Toyota through a thunderstorm, on my way to work in Miami, 1996.