I did not before today think it possible that one could laugh so hard that his spleen would come out his nose, but after hours in the hospital having a team of doctors painfully stuffing my spleen back into it’s proper place, I am now a much wiser man. My mistake was simple enough, I strolled into the local Barnes & Noble in Merced, and began browsing through the various new country albums. Barnes & Noble has a neat feature that allows one to swipe a CD across a scanner, then listen to a thirty second preview of any song on the album. All was going well until I came across Willy Nelsons newest song titled,
Cowboys Are Frequently Secretly Fond Of Each Other. By god, there ought to be a warning on this one!! I played the song woefully unprepared for it’s content, and what happened next I have already mentioned.
After my release from the hospital I returned to Barnes & Noble where they gave me a free copy of this album due to my earlier troubles in the store. I now plan to take this CD back under my bridge and attempt once more to listen to this song at really low volume while wearing earplugs to prevent a repeat of my earlier mishap. One day I might be able to turn the volume up, and perhaps even remove the earplugs once I have built up an immunity to the song. I do not wish by any means to discourage one from buying this album, but be aware that this one particular song should be approached with extreme caution.