never ended-up where I thought I’d be…

never…

no…not even close…

how so…

obstacles…things got in the way…

right…always the case…

for some…some…

some…

yea…others knew what they wanted from day-one…knew it and would not be deterred…not in the least…

successful people…

sure…why not…

you got deterred…

uh…I got derailed…way off the mother-fuckin tracks…no blame…was me…

think so…

who else…uh…ex-wives…mom…dad…high school football coach…corporate America…no…me…

full responsibility for…

don’t know…haven’t a clue anymore…what was to become of me anyway…

what’dya wanna be…

all kinds of things…everything…anything…

like what…

a movie star…some Hollywood type…maybe a stand-up bass player in a jazz trio…a fireman…some preacher baptizing people down at the river on a Sunday mornin’…

yea…

…..yea….

what happened…

short-cuts…thinkin’ easier ways…givin’-up…

gave-up…

yea…yes…I have…maybe never started…can ya’beat that…

what…

whole lives never started…one place the whole time on earth…no movement…

happens ta’ guys…

all too often….all too often…just stagnant…a fat gut and ah’ bowl game on New Year’s Day…

come-on…let’s go home…

gonna’ stay…gonna’ stay…

sure…give ya’ a lift…

I wanna stay….go-on…see ya’ ’round….

….have a good night…

you too…