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For the last two days, I've been reappraising a song I hadn't thought about since it was a hit in 1982.  I never disliked Ronnie Milsap's "Any Day Now," but I didn't seek it out.  Thinking about it now, though, I'm impressed by how smoothly it straddles the line between country and soft rock formats.  Milsap's voice is ideal for these lyrics about the eventual failure of a relationship.  If sung with too much anguish, the tune could have veered into Nilsson's "Without You" territory.  (Sidebar: Although I like most of Nilsson's music, his biggest hit is too maudlin for me.)  Milsap, however, sings with a lighter touch, indicating he would be sad if his beloved left but would also have a healthy "Oh, well" outlook.  "Any Day Now" is relatively low-key for songs of its type, but that's to its benefit.  Hopefully, before too long, it'll turn up more frequently on stations with "music of your life" formats.