Saturday September 12, 2020 “Send Me on My Way” Rusted Root

You’re welcome, now you know what they are singing...mostly.

One of the happiest songs recorded, "Send Me On My Way" was never a huge hit when it was released, but roughly a decade later it found its way to various media uses to convey a pleasant journey. It was featured in movies like Matilda and Ice Age, on the TV shows Chuck and New Girl, and in ubiquitous commercials for Enterprise Rent-A-Car, which built an ad entire campaign around the song. 

The band achieved fame in 1994 with their platinum-selling album When I Woke, which included the single "Send Me on My Way". The song's pep and lightheartedness is undoubtedly responsible for its success so much so that NASA engineers chose "Send Me on My Way" as "wake up" music for the Mars robot Exploration Rover.

Stay safe and well...and I wonder if the Martians caught a listen to this tune when it hit their atmosphere.

(On my way, on my way)

(On my way, on my way)

 I would like to reach out my hand

I may see you, I may tell you to run (on my way, on my way)

You know what they say about the young

 Well pick me up with golden hand

I may see you, I may tell you to run (on my way, on my way)

You know what they say about the young

 Well, I would like to hold my little hand

And we will run, we will, we will crawl, we will

I would like to hold my little hand

And we will run, we will, we will crawl

 Send me on my way (on my way)

Send me on my way (on my way)

Send me on my way (on my way)

Send me on my way (on my way)

Send me on my way (on my way)

Send me on my way (on my way)

Send me on my way (on my way)

Mm hmm (on my way)

 I would like to reach out my hand

I may see you, I may tell you to run (on my way, on my way)

You know what they say about the young

 Now pick me up with golden hand

I may see you, I may tell you to run (on my way, on my way)

You know what they say about the young

 Well, I would like to hold my little hand

And we will run, we will, we will crawl, we will

I would like to hold my little hand

And we will run, we will, we will crawl

 

Send me on my way (on my way)

Send me on my way (on my way)

Send me on my way (on my way)Send me on my way (on my way)

Send me on my way (on my way)

Send me on my way (on my way)

Send me on my way (on my way)

Mm hmm (on my way)

 Well, I would like to hold my little hand

And we will run, we will, we will crawl, we will

I would like to hold my little hand

And we will run, we will, we will crawl

 Send me on my way

Send me on my way

Send me on my way

On my way

Send me on my way

Send me on my way

 Oh oh oh (way)

Send me on my way

Oh oh oh (way)

Send me on my way

 I would like to reach out my hand

I may see you, I may tell you to run (on my way, on my way)

You know what they say about the young