THE STORY BEHIND THE BLOG

This blog started as a place for me to put a few stories I had written about a dad and his two kids and the "everyday adventures" they had together. But it has sort of evolved into a hodge podge of dad related thoughts, stories, songs, and other misc. things.

Friday, September 23, 2011

Rock Of Life

Last night we took the kids to a Rick Springfield concert.  I've been a fan since I was as old as my kids are now.  One of the highlights for me was the song "Rock Of Life" which came out when I was in High School.  I enjoyed it then, but like many things, I enjoy it more now that I get it.  It was written after the birth of his first child and talks about the emotional response, both good and bad, to that life changing event.  Sometimes I still feel like I'm waiting for the boy to leave and the man to enter in my own fatherhood journey.  (and the video is cool too....lots of stuff blowing up)


Well I pick up my guitar, (I tune up)
I look in the mirror 
It's like a stranger in my hand (the baby is crying) 
There comes a time when the boy must leave (get up) 
And the man has to enter 
For the soul to understand (all of the changes) 
As if it ain't hard enough this life I'm living in 
I was caught with my guard down 
When the world came knocking

I feel the big beat, the Rock Of Life 
Big beat talk to me 
I feel the back beat, the Rock Of Life
Waking up blind with the house on fire

Is it something in my head (look up) 
Or the time of season 
Or the little boy in my hands (must be a reason) 
Yeah, there's new meaning in my life (a shake-up) 
But there's pain and confusion 
And I'm trying to understand (all of the changes) 
I've been cut so deep but I can't make it bleed 
I was caught with my head in the sand 
When the world came knocking

I feel the big beat, the Rock Of Life 
Big beat talk to me 
I feel the back beat, the Rock Of Life


It ain't no perfect life 
This one I'm living in 
And I was caught with my guard down 
When the world came knocking

I feel the big beat, the Rock Of Life 
Big beat talk to me 
I feel the back beat, the Rock Of Life





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