386. "Dressed Up Like Nebraska" Josh Rouse

"Dressed Up Like Nebraska"
Josh Rouse
Dressed Up Like Nebraska
1998

The first car I bought on my own was a 1984 Mustang convertible. I was 21, so I looked right past the "1984" and focused on the "Mustang convertible". This would prove to be a grievous error, as the car was a complete piece of shit, like all Fords made in the 1980s.
But in the days before the sale was final, I was in a Starbucks and saw a compilation titled "Lost Highway". That sounded like a CD that would sound good in a Mustang convertible, so I bought it even though I didn't know any of the artists besides Lucinda Williams.
Well, sometimes even 21 year olds make good decisions.
This song was on there, and this is of course a great tune. But more importantly, that disc introduced me to the Old 97s and Whiskeytown.
Then the goddamn car died 18 months later, despite over $5000 worth of repairs. And a homeless guy who ripped open the cloth top and spent a week sleeping in the back seat.
Ah, fuck it. He slept in a Mustang.