My playlist for the proclamation of the President-elect and VP-elect

Now playing,

originally by Journey

(Journey is a rock band composed of former members of Santana and Frumious Bandersnatch in 1973)

This number was reprised stupendously by kababayan Arnel Pineda, Filipino, who was “discovered” in YouTube, and is now the frontman of the millennial Journey . The version embedded here is one of thousands and thousands of covers of the iconic….

(you should be hearing the piano keys right about … now…)

A Bicolana girl

Lawyerin’  in a lonely world

She took the midnight train goin’ everywhere

A Davaoeño boy

Born and raised south of here

He lawyered thru the midnight train goin’ everywhere

A singer in a smokey room

A smell of coffee and hurried lunches

For a smile they can share the work

It goes on and on, and on, and on

[Chorus]

Strangers waiting

Up and down the boulevard

Their shadows searching in the night

Streetlight people

Living just to find emotion

Hiding somewhere in the night

Working hard to get my fill

Everybody wants a thrill

Payin’ anything to roll the dice

Just one more time

Some will win, some will lose

Some were born to sing the blues

Oh, the movie never ends

It goes on and on, and on, and on

[Chorus]

Don’t stop believin’

Hold on to the feelin’

Streetlights, people

Don’t stop believin’

Hold on

Streetlight people

Don’t stop believin’

Hold on to the feelin’

Streetlight people

(youtube vid embedded below the soundcloud pod  in case the soundcloud is not playing in your mobile)