She said I think I'll go to Boston...

I think I'll start a new life,
I think I'll start it over, where no one knows my name,
I'll get out of California, I'm tired of the weather,
I think I'll get a lover and fly 'em out to Spain...
I think I'll go to Boston,
I think that I'm just tired
I think I need a new town, to leave this all behind...
I think I need a sunrise, I'm tired of the sunset,
I hear it's nice in the Summer, some snow would be nice... oh yeah

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I spent last weekend in Beantown, exploring the historic city with my Mom. I brought all of my running clothes, but didn't end up actually going out for a run. But, we did a TON of walking--all along the Freedom Trail, Newbury Street, the Back Bay, Beacon Hill, Harvard, and so much more. We toured all of the historic sites, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, and the state capitol. We also saw a musical at the Boston Center for the Arts (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum) and cheered on the Red Sox at a pub near Quincy Market. Good times.

I've heard the song I quoted from above, by Augustana, many times on the radio. Each time it plays I swear it's being sung just for me, luring me to leave the stucco-sided buildings, palm trees, and celebrity-obsessed everything of SoCal for the traditional brick buildings, maple trees, and intellectual minds of New England's beautiful Boston. I loved visiting Boston and learning more about the city, but after visiting it I had a hard time picturing myself actually living there. Perhaps it's too big of a city for a girl who's originally from a small farming town with less than 300 inhabitants. So now my dreams of moving away from the Orange Coast are focused more on Portland, or better yet, Denver, where at least one person will know my name (my sister!).

Today's song of the day is obviously Boston, from Augustana:

In the light of the sun, is there anyone? Oh it has begun...
Oh dear you look so lost, eyes are red and tears are shed,
This world you must've crossed... you said...

You don't know me, you don't even care, oh yeah,
She said
You don't know me, and you don't wear my chains... oh yeah,

Essential yet appealed, carry all your thoughts across
An open field,
When flowers gaze at you... they're not the only ones who cry
When they see you
You said...

You don't know me, you don't even care, oh yeah,
She said
You don't know me, and you don't wear my chains... oh yeah,

She said I think I'll go to Boston...
I think I'll start a new life,
I think I'll start it over, where no one knows my name,
I'll get out of California, I'm tired of the weather,
I think I'll get a lover and fly 'em out to Spain...
I think I'll go to Boston,
I think that I'm just tired
I think I need a new town, to leave this all behind...
I think I need a sunrise, I'm tired of the sunset,
I hear it's nice in the Summer, some snow would be nice... oh yeah,

You don't know me, you don't even care...

Boston...where no one knows my name... yeah
Where no one knows my name...
Where no one knows my name...
Yeah Boston...
Where no one knows my name.