"Here I am, just standing in circles
And the logic is turning me round
My mind keeps holding
Only one thought
When you gonna call
I think it's worth the time
How you gonna change
All these endless nights
If you could stop
Leading me around
You're never gonna change
All these endless nights"
My sophomore year of high school was
loaded with Eddie Money tunes. His album 'Can't Hold Back'
was heralded as a huge comeback for him and that meant a string of
hits that flooded my radio. "Endless Nights" was not
the biggest single, it cracked Billboard's top 40 but compared to
tracks like, "Take Me Home Tonight" it was the
hidden gem of the album. I had honestly forgotten about it until a
few days ago when it came on my radio at work and rather than think
about it, I kind of felt it.
Even though it's a bit of an angst-y
tune it still for whatever reason reminded me of car rides through
the country with the windows down, sun blaring and radio cranked. It
brings me back to stone washed jeans, big sweaters and banana clips.
Back to a moment in time when every little thing felt like the end of
the world, even though those things would eventually amount to
nothing compared to real adult life in the years to come. "Endless
Nights" feels like four minutes of everything that felt good
about 1987. Check it out below.