There are only two music radio stations in Vernon: SUN FM 105.7 and KISS 107.5. I don't particularly like either one of them that much, so I usually flip between the two to see if there is a song I like, and I often end up listening to CBC on 106.5.

Since we only have the two, as opposed to Vancouver, where there are probably 100, the chances of you listening to the same song as someone in a car next to you are pretty good.

A highlight of my day yesterday was pulling up to a stop light and looking at the lane to my left, where there was a big tough guy smoking a cigarette and singing along to "Patio Lanterns" by Kim Mitchell. He was really givin' er, and it warmed my heart to think that Kim could touch this man like that.

Here are the lyrics; see if they touch you the same way:

Patio Lanterns - Kim Mitchell

Our house had the biggest patio
Our house had all the summer shade
We had patio lanterns

I'd spend half the night making lemonade
Which we drank a lot
'cause we were all so shy
Shy and nervous

Who was gonna be
Who would be the first to dance
Who was gonna be
Who would be the first to kiss
Under those patio lanterns

Those patio lanterns
They were the stars in our sky
Those patio lanterns
Lighting up our lives

Those patio lanterns
They were the stars in our sky
Those patio lanterns
Lighting up our lives

Oh those patio lanterns

And I was stuck on Joy,
(that was her name)
We didn't talk much
She was a nervous girl
I was a nervous boy

We stuck together like glue on glue
Dancing to an old song
Bobby vinton's blue on blue
Heartache on heartache