Whole Lot Of Leavin'

The warm summer nights are gone and the autumn wind is creepin' in. For the past three years it's been my cue to leave. And sure enough it's time to go. The past couple of days I've been thinking a lot about leaving. Thing is, I never seem to be going anywhere; I always leave from somewhere. The second I start loving a particular place and start feeling like myself, I have to leave. And that one thought keeps following me: "Oh how I wish I could stay a bit more...". Sure enough, the same applies to the people in my life. As soon as I meet someone amazing, they leave. Everyone keeps leaving. Does anyone get to stay behind?
Yesterday evening, I was in a hurry and I picked up the first album I found: Lost Highway by Bon Jovi. I get into my car, push play and leave. Track 4 starts playing as I'm stuck in traffic - Whole Lot Of Leavin'. I'd forgotten how much I love that tune and as soon as I hear the first chords everything else disappears. So I close my eyes and picture your hand in mine. I picture the whole summer. Everyone I met, and everyone who left. I picture the past year. And it's been a long year. I picture everything and smile. I'm leaving with a smile on my face because somehow this day, this summer, this year, has a nice ending.

"Whole Lot Of Leavin'" is off Bon Jovi's album Lost Highway, released in 2007. It's their tenth studio album, mixing the band's rock sound with that of country music. The result? It debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.