The middle of the road,Is trying to find me.
I'm standing in the middle of life with my pains behind me.
But, I got a smile
For everyone I meet.
Long as you don't try dragging my bay,
Or dropping a bomb on my street.
Come on baby,
Get in the road.
Come on now,
In the middle of the road, yeah.
In the middle of the road,
You see the darnest things.
Like fat cats driving around in jeeps through the city,
Wearing big diamond rings and silk suits.
Past corrugated tin shacks holed up with kids and
Man I don't mean a Hampstead nursery.
But when you own a big chunk of the bloody third world,
The babies just come with the scenery.
Come on baby,
Get in the road.
Come on now,
In the middle of the road, yeah.
The middle of the road,
Is my private cul de sac.
I can't get from the cab to the curb,
Without some little jerk on my back,
Don't harass me kid,
Can't you tell I'm going home, I'm tired as hell,
I'm not the cat I used to be,
I've got a kid, I'm 54 baby.
Get in the road.
Come on now,
In the middle of the road.
Thanks Chrissie. The middle of the road isn't looking for me, it's found me. Actually, it probably found me when I was around 40. I don't know too many people who live to be 108, so the end is way closer than the beginning.
I'm not sure how I feel about this 54 thing. I'm old enough to remember a TV show about a 'Car 54,' dude, that's really old. I think if I were to golf, I might be able to shoot my age for nine holes, so that's cool, sort of. I would have preferred to shoot my age when I was 38.
All in all I can't complain. I've had cancer twice and am still here. Living to be this age, you lose your parents along the way. I don't care for that much, but am comforted that I will see them both again some day.
I got my new drivers license yesterday. When I looked at it, it was like 'whoa, who the fuck is that guy?' It's amazing the mental image we still have of ourselves as the hair goes and the lines in your face get deeper and longer. Sometimes I think 54 is also my waist size, shit. I'm 6'0", and used to weigh around 170. Since my 30's it's been a 25 lb. a decade weight gain. I feel like the Pillsbury Doughboy. Yep, here comes 'poppin fresh' waddling down the road, singin doo wah ditty.
Eh, it could be worse, a lot worse. I can still ride my bike a long way when I make myself do so. The words 'Viagra,' and 'Cialis,' are not in my vocabulary so that is good, real good. I can always go on a diet and lose some weight. The pisser is that it's hard to give up the Mirror Pond, pizza, and nachos. Well, it's one or the other, I'm not sure who will win this one to be honest. Check back next year and we'll see, maybe.
