I figured it out.
The song
– the one that was playing in high school
on the radio
in the auditorium
when you handed me an earbud
and we both listened
slowly grooving
and we both said that we loved the track
at the same moment
and you said “jinx” first
and you wouldn’t let me speak
until I bought you a New Coke
but they had just stopped making it
and you were a hardass about the rules of “jinx”
and laughed while I silently begged you to set me free?

Good times…

The track didn’t have a name listed
or a band or any other info
and I always wondered about that song
so I did a little research
and I put it together
and I just figured it out.

It was “Blinded by the Light,”
by Springsteen.
A live version, though,
not the original
which
maybe
you knew,
being such a Boss fan.

Anyway,
it’s been a while.
If
the next time you come to town
you could take the jinx off me
I’d really appreciate it.