'i had to come all the way from the highways and byways of tallahassee, florida to motor city, detroit to find my true love

if you gave me a million years to ponder, i would never have guessed that true romance and detroit would go together. and to this day, the events that followed all seem like a distant dream. but the dream was real and was to change our lives forever. i kept asking clarence why our world seemed to be collapsing and everything seemed so shitty. and he'd say: 'that's the way it goes. but don't forget, it goes the other way too.' that's the way romance is. usually that's the way it goes. but every once in a while, it goes the other way too.'