Okay, I gotta admit. I don't typically experience nostalgia for Tommy James & The Shondells.

And yet, when I finished editing this image, the caption that came to mind was "Crystal Blue Persuasion" – but I wasn’t really sure why! So, I checked out the lyrics and found optimism in them. So, I posted the pic with that caption.

The song as an interesting genesis, and when I read the Wikipedia entry for it, I thought the inspiration for this caption was serendipity.

Here's part of that entry:

"James was actually inspired by his reading of the Book of Ezekiel where it speaks of the Blue Shekinah Light which represented the presence of the Almighty God and the Books of Isaiah and Revelation where it speaks of a bright future of a brotherhood of mankind living in peace and harmony."

...and here are the lyrics:

Look over yonder
What do you see?
The sun is a'rising
Most definitely

A new day is coming
Ooh ooh
People are changing
Ain't it beautiful
Crystal blue persuasion

Better get ready
To see the light
Love, love is the answer
Oooh ooh
And that's all right

So don't you give up now
So easy to find
Just look to your soul
And open your mind

Crystal blue persuasion
Mmm, mmm
It's a new vibration
Crystal blue persuasion
Crystal...blue persuasion

Maybe tomorrow
When he looks down
On every green field
And every town
All of his children
And every nation
They'll be peace and good brotherhood

Crystal blue persuasion
Yeah
Crystal blue persuasion
Aha
Crystal blue persuasion
Aha
Crystal blue persuasion
Aha
Ohhhh
Crystal blue persuasion
Aha