Clowns to the Left of Me
That’s right, jokers to the right. Here I am stuck in the middle with you. I heard that song on the radio over the weekend and it sure was fun. It was released by a group called Stealers Wheel in 1973 and was destined to become their one trip to the hit parade. However, the master mind behind the song “Stuck in the Middle with You” went on to release another great song “Baker Street.” Gerry Rafferty released “Baker Street” in 1978 and it did very well on the charts, topping at #2. Its great saxophone licks mournfully lamenting about the day in a life and the people in it. The guitar solo crying out for all of those who just couldn’t hack the frustrations and anxieties of every day living.
Way down the street there's a light in his place
He opens the door, he's got that look on his face
And he asks you where you've been, you tell him who you've seen
And you talk about anything.
He's got this dream about buyin' some land
He's gonna give up the booze and the one night stands
And then he'll settle down, it's a quiet little town
And forget about everything.
But that never happens. He can’t seem to get his life together enough to finish anything he starts. Another lost soul that we chance to meet that adds to the tapestry that is our life. Now this is only a song but I am sure that we can all think of someone similar to that person that we have come across. Someone that we befriended that we just knew was not going to make it. I had two guys across the hall from me when I attended the University of Oklahoma. They were room mates that had met each other at the University clinic before they knew they were rooming together. Both of them had contracted gonorrhea before arriving at school and were getting treated. What a way to meet. Both of them struggled in class and partied too much and I pretty much assumed that they were not going to last. Alas, I left there before they did and I never knew what happened to them.
Maybe they settled down in a quiet little town and forgot about everything. But while I knew them, we had clowns to the left of us and jokers to the right.
Icool
Cobb
Way down the street there's a light in his place
He opens the door, he's got that look on his face
And he asks you where you've been, you tell him who you've seen
And you talk about anything.
He's got this dream about buyin' some land
He's gonna give up the booze and the one night stands
And then he'll settle down, it's a quiet little town
And forget about everything.
But that never happens. He can’t seem to get his life together enough to finish anything he starts. Another lost soul that we chance to meet that adds to the tapestry that is our life. Now this is only a song but I am sure that we can all think of someone similar to that person that we have come across. Someone that we befriended that we just knew was not going to make it. I had two guys across the hall from me when I attended the University of Oklahoma. They were room mates that had met each other at the University clinic before they knew they were rooming together. Both of them had contracted gonorrhea before arriving at school and were getting treated. What a way to meet. Both of them struggled in class and partied too much and I pretty much assumed that they were not going to last. Alas, I left there before they did and I never knew what happened to them.
Maybe they settled down in a quiet little town and forgot about everything. But while I knew them, we had clowns to the left of us and jokers to the right.
Icool
Cobb
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