One summer night 1971

P&G's in New Palltz a summer night in 1971 .. There we were little group of us, nameless friends, united in our dreams and smiles and common bond to as song .... The young bartenders smiled as they cleared the tables , gathered the glasses and, swept the floor as LAYLA played ... over, and over, and over again... We swooned in the heat of the night, to  the music that, alone, took us on a ride to places no words can describe... and as they were playing it for the final time that night, I went outside and sat on a bench, under a soft streetlight, alone, in the college town deserted for the season, and heard it waif out on the night air and dance with the stars in the soft night sky... and I followed