Geesh! It's not like I'm going backpacking by myself in the Himalayas or anything like that. It's car camping, for cryin' out loud! (Which means I pack as much crap in the car as I can, including the air bed and comfy chairs and cooler full of delicious beverages.) I happen to like camping and kayaking and I'm not going to wait until I have somebody to go with me... I could be waiting a long time and I don't want to miss out on living my life.
So, taking a cue from Quirky this week, I revised the lyrics to a classic by Carly Simon that keeps rattling around in my head....
You're So Brave
You walked across the campground
Like you were walking onto a yacht
Your visor casually dipped below one eye
Your kayak was apricot
You had one oar in the water
As you watched yourself shove off
And dreamed that you’d be a camper
You’d be a camper, and
You're so brave
You probably think that camping is easy
You're so brave
I'll bet you think that camping is easy
Don't you? Don't you?
You probably think that camping is easy
You're so brave
I'll bet you think that camping is easy
Don't you? Don't you?
(Note tasteful apricot colored kayak)
You started camping several years ago
When you were still quite naive
Well, you said that there might be some bears
But that you would never leave
Until you took out a tube of cool Ben Gay
And slathered it on me
I had dreams there were bears eating my leg,
Bears eating my leg, and
When you were still quite naive
Well, you said that there might be some bears
But that you would never leave
Until you took out a tube of cool Ben Gay
And slathered it on me
I had dreams there were bears eating my leg,
Bears eating my leg, and
You're so brave
You probably think that camping is easy
You're so brave
I'll bet you think that camping is easy
Don't you? Don't you?
(Air bed and comfy chair hidden inside tent)
Well, I hear you went up past Saratoga
To camp by a mountain vista
Then drove the beat up car to the Thousand Islands
To wave at Dufus in Canada
Well, you're where you should be all the time
And when you're not, you're home
Dreaming of more exotic trips with close friends
Exotic trips with close friends, and
To camp by a mountain vista
Then drove the beat up car to the Thousand Islands
To wave at Dufus in Canada
Well, you're where you should be all the time
And when you're not, you're home
Dreaming of more exotic trips with close friends
Exotic trips with close friends, and
You're so brave
You probably think that camping is easy
You're so brave
I'll bet you think that camping is easy
Don't you? Don't you?
You probably think that camping is easy
You're so brave
I'll bet you think that camping is easy
Don't you? Don't you?
