3 Songs

I'm hooked on Spotify right now. I know I am late to the game. We don't own a CD player, we stream all our music and I was soon sick of listening to hits stations on the other music apps. I wanted full albums. I wanted Sublime and Alanis. I wanted the songs of my teens and twenties.

I was listening to Sublime last night on the bus and a smile crept on my face. I had flashes of the juke box and The 3 songs that a dollar bought my sister and I. Those songs could make or break a night. They could make us brave, silly, or even make us embarrassed ourselves (many nights of serenading Boyz to Men's 'I'll Make Love to You). These songs could begin conversations.

Santeria was one of K's songs that I always played with my dollar. I remember the look on her face and the chair dance that happened within the first 10 seconds of the song. I was no longer on the bus traveling from Staten Island to Brooklyn. I was in Jack Ryan's with her drinking Rolling Rock and Blue Lights. A life time ago.

I don't miss those nights. Because with all the fun also came, well, being in our twenties. Self-doubt and insecurities, we spent so many nights waiting for something to happen. Waiting for someone special to walk through the door. That was the first thing I noticed last time I was there. I didn't care who else was coming. I was with my husband, my sister and our cousin.

I don't miss those nights. But god am I thankful for them.