"Watch for the signs
That lead in the right direction
Not to heed them is a bad reflection
They'll show you the way
Into what you have been seeking
To ignore them you're only cheating "
Driving through the deserts and savannas of Kenya in a Landrover in 1977.
Following the road-signs out of urban striation until there were no more --
rolling for hours on corrugated dirt tracks, dust blowing outside the windshield. The horizon:
ancient mountain ranges, acacia scrub, hot wind and volcanic outcrops with sudden appearance of bare-breasted tribal women and herdsmen carrying spears next to their camels and goats. Only consuming what we could carry in the vehicle or buy at frontier outposts. The African sky overhead: bigger than the regular sky.
"Watch for the signs That lead in the right direction Not to heed them is a bad reflection They'll show you the way Into what you have been seeking To ignore them you're only cheating "
Driving through the deserts and savannas of Kenya in a Landrover in 1977.
Following the road-signs out of urban striation until there were no more -- rolling for hours on corrugated dirt tracks, dust blowing outside the windshield. The horizon: ancient mountain ranges, acacia scrub, hot wind and volcanic outcrops with sudden appearance of bare-breasted tribal women and herdsmen carrying spears next to their camels and goats. Only consuming what we could carry in the vehicle or buy at frontier outposts. The African sky overhead: bigger than the regular sky.
That's Earth Wind and Fire to me.