4: The River Song

 Going back ten years, Orange remembered how Jody used to drive the two of them to school. The drive time lasted for about two-and-a-half radio songs. They'd drive past horse pastures and orchards, then turn into the high school parking lot. The Datsun was only ten years old then.

Jody loved pop music, especially Celine Dion, but Orange loved rock. Every day, they battled over who'd be the ruler of the radio. 

Orange's favorite song ever was The River Song, and when it came on the air, she fought for it. The words, sung by the duo Dunn and Seine, went

Like a bird in the sky
Like the wind blowing by
That is time
This is your day

There is no future state
There is no other place
Though you may try
This is your day

Let the river pass by
It is never the same
river twice
This is your day

(I do not have the rights to use this song--it's just a suggestion for how my fictional song sounds)

Jody switched it off. Orange shouted, "Don't, Stupid, I love it!" 

Jody held her hand over the radio's on-off switch until Orange relented fighting for it, saying, "This song is wicked! It's temporal. It says that this life is the only life there is, and that's wrong. It's like telling you, Go ahead and do whatever you want in this world. And that's what people in society are doing now! We know the truth: that the Lord has a plan for us, to bring us back to heaven. We can't go by songs like this--it doesn't lead to righteousness."

Orange looked Jody in the face, being ernest, "But don't you feel like time is a river?" But Jody retorted, "Well we're sure up a creek without a paddle right now, har har" 

Orange held her tongue, but this song would always be on her list of favorites.

"Anyway, you're a weirdo," Jody said, ruffling Oranges hair in the way that ticked her off. 

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