Bang On The Drum All Day-Todd Rundgren

...i don't want to work...it is cold and wintry outside, and i do not want to leave the house...not sure i have the motivation today...

...i know we all have to work to live...the bible says a man that doesn't work, should not eat...i know that is a bit strict, and not to be taken literally...but in our world it is somewhat true...

...like Bruce Hornsby sang in "the way it is"...just for fun he says, "get a job"...we silently judge homeless people...we vilify the out of work dad for not providing for his family...without ever truly knowing the paths these people have taken to get them where they are today...as they say, but for the grace of god...

...so i am glad to be gainfully employed...especially during these tough economic times...i am glad i have money in the bank and the chance to make more tonight...but that isn't all me...my job doesn't define me...unfortunately....

i say unfortunately, because i would love to be defined by what i do...a legacy...something to leave the world when i leave the world...enter music...

i may not be the best pianist, singer or songwriter...but i do dream that one day i won't have to "work"...i will just bang on the "drum" all day...the opportunity to do what i love the most...make music...and get paid...

...do what i want, and I'm gonna get paid...Tom Waits...i like to say that nobody wants to go to work...but we would all love a career...and that for me is so true...a job is that thing you have to do...a career is doing what you love and getting paid to do it...

...i search the landscape for the signposts...i keep one eye on the prize and one on my daily bread...millions of dreams have come true...why not mine?