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Song Information:

I'd posted another version of this shortly after I wrote it, and in the spirit of polishing up a lot of my solo material, here's a tweaked version. I kept the electric bass, organ and the lead guitar from the previous version, but I replaced most of the main drum loop. The previous version used the World Music Jam Pack's Klezmer Drums loops which I pretty much got rid of except for some turnarounds, and used a set of Drums on Demand Volume 6 Rhumba loops that actually sort of matched up well with the feel of the Klezmer loops. I added some conga and shaker and a second electric guitar track and replaced the original acoustic guitar with a strummier take on it. And a re-sung it with some doubled vocals in parts. There was an odd bit before the bridge that didn't quite work out, so I also shortened the whole song by a half measure. But I'm pretty happy with the way this song came out, what it's all about. The song art is an old painting of mine, oil on linen. It works for me...

Song Lyrics:

Ive been spinning my wheels for a long time now
Ive gotten used to how it feels to put the cart before the plow
If there was a magic wand to wave to move me up to the top of the heap
Once I get up to that rarified air that be a good excuse to take a giant leap.

Spinning and spinning, spinning my wheels
But everyday another truths revealed

If you ask me, theres no point berating your surroundings
Those four walls will only reflect back and the tap, tap, tapping becomes a pounding
Tiny cracks become canyons, shattered glass becomes shards
But you didnt ask me, did you? So youll have to play your own cards

Spinning and spinning, spinning my wheels
Day by day its losing its appeal

Someday Ill get somewhere or maybe Ill just turn around
and see how far Ive gotten
And marvel at all that covered ground
Look down and wonder how Ive climbed this mountain

Nobody said its easy, no that wasnt in the brochure
Hard luck seems to dog me, but who said luck was ever pure
The pendulum swings both ways sometimes it seems like youre knocking heads
But if there wasnt a way to come out on top, Id never get out of bed

Spinning and spinning, spinning my wheels
But thats what keeps it real, thats something I can feel, etc

jbouchard 2006