I'm here because...

Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda... stayed in Canada... Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda, oh yes. I'm here because... well, it only makes sense... I'm here because... everywhere else bores me to tears. Well that's not exactly true, but honestly, I cannot comprehend my ever living anywhere else again. I'm here because... Man, these bridges are frikin' cool! I'm here because...this is where my friends are.

I'm here because... I ran the rope in the place I was last... I'm here because... it killed me to loose her. I'm here because... there really wasn't anyway to adjust after loosing everything I had worked for years and years and years... I'm here because... I made a good effort that did not work there, because there, that type of effort is wasted, completely wasted.

I'm here because... ever since '79 I always knew there was a chance... I'm here because... it always felt like home here; even after every change, even after each gap in visits that allowed me to see that this place grows like an Uncle who has been alive since the day your great great great grandfather started the chain reaction that ended up as you. I'm here because... because this IS where humanity has ended up. I'm here because... because my 10th, 11th, 12th, and 13th grade Art Class Teacher, Mrs. Colby, planted the damned seed and my Art School Profs watered it...

I'm here because... I was left with no reason to stay there. I'm here because... she gave me the excuse to follow her... I'm here because... I got offered a job at exactly the right and most wrong of times. I'm here because... 'cause I stuck it out. I'm here because... 'cause I fought to stay... I'm here because... I beat the temptation to jump the border or jump the bridge... I'm here because... because I haven't proved that I belong here yet, shallow mutha fucka... NO!

I'm here because... because I belong here... I'm here because... because this is the place I feel most comfortable... I'm here because... this is the greatest of greatest places on earth and in time. I'm here because... the bridges are indeed, lovely. I’m here because, again, this is the place my friends are…I’m here despite my most important family… I'm here because... I have thing I have to get done, and this is where I am meant to do them... I'm here because... because I am meant to do these things with her.

I'm here because... well, I kinda know that this place love's people like me, as much as this place loves people like you.