Brakeman Jack

Before moving on to other Heritage songs Brakeman Jack suggests you refresh your palate poetically with ‘My Quest’.

Recommended pairing: an Okanagan merlot and headphones.

 My Quest — Listen Now

The Lyrics

I’m a person with a hungry mind for life’s realities
I’ve studied the greatest thinkers from Lao Tzu to Socrates
In my quest for the “secret essence” in all philosophies,
Alas, I failed—so I tuned in to more spiritual frequencies.

I went down to my local Guru, ‘course he was Nepalese
Master, I beg for your guidance through life’s complexities
Grant me the sacred key unlocking all life’s mysteries, he said…
The “secret sauce” for EVERYTHING is found in “Wild Cheese”!

Wild cheese, wild cheese, my Guru had the answer to my pleas!
Wild cheese, wild cheese, the greatest of life’s epiphanies, now…
From Inner Mongolia to the Outer Hebrides, I’m gonna…
Search this wide world over in my quest for Wild Cheese. So…

From pole to pole I travelled I searched the seven seas
For the truth my Guru promised I’d find in Wild Cheese.
I’ve grown so much pursuing this rarest of discoveries
But that “secret sauce” eluded me. I found no Wild Cheese.

Wild cheese, wild cheese, was my Guru wise or just a tease?
Wild cheese, wild cheese, was he talking truth or fantasies? ‘cause…
I’d searched from Inner Mongolia to the Outer Hebrides, yes…
I’d searched the whole world over in my quest for Wild Cheese.

So…I went back to my local Guru an’ I got down on my knees
“Master I’ve searched in vain for that VERY special cheese”
“I’ve got some in the fridge” he said. Have some if you please
I OPENED THE FRIDGE AND faced the saddest of discoveries.

Wild cheese, wild cheese, the stuff inside was labeled MILD cheese!
Wild cheese, wild cheese, “I musta had a cold,” my Guru wheezed.
I’d searched from Inner Mongolia to the Outer Hebrides but…
Despite the strife I’d had a rich life in my quest for Wild Cheese.

But…Geez!