Watching The Wheels

You know how it is when a song gets "stuck in your head"? That happened to Paul this morning. By the time I was up and around, he had googled the song and was reflecting on the lyrics, which seem so appropriate for us as we sit here lazily in the same city where we worked our butts off for some 20 years.

Of course, it's a song we've heard many times. But, these days, we're hearing it with new ears.

We think other fulltimers - past, present and future - might just feel the same way. So, we'll share. You might just get it stuck in your head, too. In fact, we hope you do!

People say I'm crazy doing what I'm doing,

Well they give me all kinds of warnings to save me from ruin,

When I say that I'm o.k. they look at me kind of strange,

Surely your not happy now you no longer play the game,

People say I'm lazy dreaming my life away,

Well they give me all kinds of advice designed to enlighten me,

When I tell that I'm doing Fine watching shadows on the wall,

Don't you miss the big time boy you're no longer on the ball?

I'm just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round,

I really love to watch them roll,

No longer riding on the merry-go-round,

I just had to let it go,

People asking questions lost in confusion,

Well I tell them there's no problem,

Only solutions,

Well they shake their heads and they look at me as if I've lost my mind,

I tell them there's no hurry...

I'm just sitting here doing time,

I'm just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round,

I really love to watch them roll,

No longer riding on the merry-go-round,

I just had to let it go.

Watching the Wheels

John Lennon

Now, just in case that classic tune isn't yet firmly embedded in your gray matter, click here to watch and listen.

Oh, how we love no longer riding on the merry-go-round!