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I'd posted this shortly in the beginning of 2006, and in the spirit of polishing up a lot of my old songs in LE8, here's a tweaked version. I kept the electric bass, and the lead, acoustic and electric guitars, and the rhumba beat from the previous version, but got rid of some extraneous drum stuff and held back a bit on the drums, got rid of extra vocals and organ and probably some other stuff too. I recorded a new lead vocal. I'm pretty happy with the way this song came out, what it's all about. I'm probably not spinning my wheels so much these days as I was when I wrote the song, but it's still one of my favorites. The song art is an old painting of mine, oil on linen. It works for me...
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Lyrics
Spinning my wheels
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
James Bouchard 2006
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
James Bouchard 2006
Godchaser
never heard the original but no matter like the vibe and emotional depth on the track.Nice piece of song writing,production and performance.Much enjoyed.
Blessings and Happy Holidays,