"and this is my four leaf clover..."

We have tradition at my bookstore gig, one of our managers loves 80's music, so we set our satellite radio to the 80's station. Throughout the night we call each other and in the worst geek way quote lines from the songs we're hearing to each other in conversation form. For example, if Head Over Heels is playing I would page in and say "Funny how time flies." It's really dorky but it helps pass the time away and we have a laugh over it.

Head Over Heels takes me back to the time our familia took a road trip from Tejas to L.A. My parents had bought me a mini boombox that I would play in the car. The two tapes I wore out on that player were Born in the U.S.A. and Songs from the Big Chair. Before we made it to Cali, my little tape player had an accident. It fell out of the car and broke so we had to listen to the radio all the way to the west coast.

When we got into L.A. I recall that every station was playing Tears for Fears. Looking back it felt good that the Music Gods made me feel better by playing songs from the tape that I was missing at the time. I also thought man this is a freaking cool city, all they play is Tears for Fears. I was younger and living in Laredo at the time, so I was impressed.

Head over Heels is a Tears for Fears song has a timeless vibe that grows legendary by the year. We heard it last night and I've been listening to it at work and it's been stuck in my head ever since.