500 miles

I love the song “500 Miles” by the Proclaimers.

“And I would walk 500 miles,
And I would walk 500 more
Just to be the man (“mon”) who walked 1,000 miles to fall down at your dooooooor…”

It just never gets old. So, when it came on the radio this morning on my way to work, up went the volume.

Someone super special once created a scavenger hunt for me. At the end of the thoughtful, riddled hunt—taped to the bottom of a bleacher seat in a park—was the Proclaimers’ CD Sunshine on Leith, which includes “500 Miles.” Knowing I loved that song, this person told me they’d walk 500 miles for me. And then 500 more. And you gotta believe 'em. I mean, they probably walked half that in creating the scavenger hunt! (every other song on that CD is awful! I didn’t fully comprehend “one-hit wonder” until this CD)

But every time I hear the song and sing it and dance to it, I’m reminded of this incredibly nice gesture that this person did for me. And nice things make you smile. So do Fridays. So, go walk 500 miles for someone!

*I’m aware that the official song title is “I’m Gonna Be (500 miles),” but I think parentheses in song titles is lame. So I say “500 Miles.”