Watching The Wheels
"I would say, 'I'm baking bread,' and they'd (friends) say, 'What are you really doing?' I'd say, 'I'm looking after the baby. 'They'd say, 'But what else do you do?' I'd say, 'Are you kidding?' There was no secret projects in the basement, because bread and babies, as every housewife knows, is a full-time job..." John Lennon
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. well they look at me kind of strange
Surely you're 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 them 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
Ah, 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
I just had to let it go
I just had to let it go
"I don't try and be the God Almighty kind of father figure that is always smiling and such a wonderful father. I'm not into putting out an image of this person who knows all about children. That's the thing. You look in the books. There are no real experts. But now I feel as though at least I've put my body where my mouth was and tried to really live up to my own preaching, as it were." John Lennon
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