I HAD JUST BOUGHT A CD A FEW YEARS BACK, AND THIS SONG WAS ON IT. I KNEW EVERY OTHER SONG AS THEY HAD BEEN POPULAR HITS OF KENNY'S, AND GAVE THIS ONE A LISTEN. QUICKLY BECAME MY FAVORITE OF HIS. WITHIN A WEEK, I WAS AT WORK IN ATLANTA, AS A HOTEL BARTENDER, ON THANKSGIVING NIGHT, GETTING READY TO SHUT IT DOWN ON A TERRIBLY SLOW NIGHT, WHISTLING AND SINGING THIS SONG WHEN INTO THE BAR WALKS KENNY ROGERS AND TWO OF HIS BACKUP SINGERS, FOR A LATE NIGHT BITE TO EAT AFTER PERFORMING AT THE ANNUAL CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY DOWNTOWN. HE WAS EVERY BIT THE GENTLEMAN ONE WOULD HOPE HE WOULD BE. IN A TIME WHERE CELEBS ACT LIKE THEY'RE GOD'S GIFT TO MANKIND, AND I'VE ENCOUNTERED SEVERAL OF THEM, HE WAS AN ABSOLUTE DELIGHT. GOD BLESS YOU KENNY.
NOT ONE OF KENNY'S MORE POPULAR SONGS, BUT CERTAINLY ONE OF MY FAVORITES. HAD THE CHANCE TO MEET HIM ON THANKSGIVING NIGHT AFTER HE SANG AT THE LIGHTING OF THE GREAT CHRISTMAS TREE FESTIVITIES, IN ATLANTA A FEW YEARS BACK.TURNS OUT HE WAS STAYING AT THE HOTEL I WORK AT BEFORE LEAVING THE NEXT MORNING AND CAME DOWN TO THE RESTAURANT FOR A LATE NIGHT DINNER. I WAS CLEANING UP THE AREA AND WHISTLING THIS SONG AND IN HE WALKS WITH A FEW OTHERS! BIZZARO WORLD, HUH!?! QUITE THE GENTLEMAN, HE IS!!!!