Reality Check by Dave Whamond for April 21, 2024

But he’s still a Real Nowhere Man!!

Here he is again on his own, going down the only road he’s ever known.

It’s a long way to Tipperaaaaryyyy

I think he’s on the highway to hell.

Take me home, to Paradise city. Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty!

Get your kicks on Route 66, but avoid Dead Man’s Curve!

I guess he could say: “I did it my way.”

Sounds like a real highway to hell.

Rock on!

Definitely the Long Road to Ruin, but at least he’s on the Open Road. (Foo Fighters, John Cafferty)

Don’t quit til you’re a star on Broadway.

If you follow the yellow brick road it will lead you to streets of gold.

“You belong to the city, and baby, you can drive my car.”

“And you may find yourself in another part of the world. And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile. And you may ask yourself, ‘Well, how did I get here?’” (Third line intentionally skipped.)

Seems if you pick the right lyrics, you can send anyone astray. Dave, you might have a future writing ad copy.

Love all the song references, must have taken you a while, thanks.

Which song has Copperhead Road. Only one I didn’t know.

Well that’s a rock-y road he’s following.

At least he is not trying to ride “through the desert on a horse with no name”…

Darn touch screens, he tapped the playlist by mistake.

Whadda hoot!

Take the streets of fire to get a new car at the Cadillac Ranch.

Welp! Looks like Dave’s On The Road Again!

whole lotta earworms!

He almost went to Hotel California…

He just had breakfast in America, now he’s taking the long way home.

What about the Boulevard of Broken Dreams?

Not too far off the way GPS tried to take me a couple of weeks ago…

It’s been a long road

Getting from there to here

It’s been a long time

But my time is finally near

And I can feel the change in the wind right now

Nothing’s in my way

And they’re not gonna hold me down no more

No, they’re not gonna hold me down

Judas Priest, what punnage! I guess he’s Heading Out on the Highway!

If you Go Past Start, you’ll eventually get there …!

( everyone has to be somewhere )

Yup, ’been to Winslow Arizona. And in many fancy hotels on business trips, and no one talked to me, not even the chair.

Do you know the way to San Jose ?

Take a left at the fork in the road and drive 10 miles to the Strawberry Fields.

This is what happens when someone tells you to hit the road, Jack.

That’s quite an effort, Dave!

And eventually you’ll get to the heart of town – which is, of course, Shakedown Street (right where it crosses Penny Lane).

Who read that using the GPS voice in your phone?

Excellent!

Can you tell me how to get, how to get to Sesame Street?

The Carefree Highway route would have been much more relaxing.

Get your motor runnin’Head out on the highway

“Beep beep,

beep beep,

the car went beep, beep, beep!"

My very first car was a Nash Rambler station wagon, white with a red roof and red vinyl reclining front seats!

It’s been a long trip if your GPS has taken on a different accent.

A nice medley of old tunes, Dave!

Put me on a highway

Show me a sign

Take it to the limit

One more time

it’s my highway song, it goes on and on, on and on

this left me feelin’ groovy- so many good memories. I laughed one day my 30 something son told me of this song called Baker Street so I went and pulled out the album I bought when it was originally released, did the same with my daughter when she told me of this cool song her teacher played- King Tut by Steve Martin.

Just don’t drop him off at the house of the rising sun, or he will be screwed. It’s been the ruin of many a poor boy.

“Roads? Where we’re going, we don’t need roads.”

Do you know the way to San Jose?

The road goes on forever. The highway never ends.

He was just trying to get to 157 Riverside Avenue!

“I’m … King of the Road.”

Take Abbey Road to Penny Lane.