After six football posts, here's lyric of the day

OK, this will be short, but I first want to thank readers for suggesting some cool music; I will get to it. And I want to thank the readers who have encouraged me to continue posting this odd-ball idea on a regular basis.

The lyric of the day for Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2006, comes from one of the best records -- start to finish -- I've ever heard. I first saw the band Bright Eyes, really singer-songwriter Conor Oberst and whatever musicians he happens to be hanging out with, at the Vote for Change Show in Cleveland in 2004. I had driven there for the show and drove over to Pittsburgh, arriving at 3:30 a.m., to cover the Bengals-Steelers the next afternoon.

Anyway, Bright Eyes ended up being a worthy opening act for the lineup that featured REM, John Fogerty and Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band.

There are many politically-charged songs and verses on the CD "I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning," but I'll avoid those in favor of a cleverly turned phrase that, to me, describes a good portion of what life is about:

From "Another Traveling Song:"

"So I go back and forth forever,
All my thoughts they come in pairs.
I will, I won't
I doubt, I don't.
I'm not surprised,
but I never feel quite prepared."