The Buckets by Greg Cravens for August 26, 2024

I’m through with standing in line to clubs I’ll never get in

It’s like the bottom of the ninth and I’m never gonna win

This life hasn’t turned out quite the way I want it to be

(Tell me what you want)

I want a brand new house on an episode of Cribs

And a bathroom I can play baseball in

And a king size tub big enough for ten plus me

(Ah, so what you need?)

I’ll need a, a credit card that’s got no limit

And a big black jet with a bedroom in it

Gonna join the mile high club at thirty-seven thousand feet

(Been there, done that)

I want a new tour bus full of old guitars

My own star on Hollywood Boulevard

Somewhere between Cher and James Dean is fine for me

(So how you gonna do it?)

Ridin’ down the highway

Goin’ to a show

Stoppin’ on the byways

Playin’ rock ‘n’ roll

Gettin’ robbed, gettin’ stoned

Gettin’ beat up, broken boned

Getting had, getting took

I tell you folks, it’s harder than it looks

It’s a long way to the top, if you want to rock ‘n’ roll

It’s a long way to the top, if you want to rock ‘n’ roll

If you think it’s easy doing one night stands

Try playing in a rock-roll band

It’s a long way to the top, if you want to rock ‘n’ roll

Interesting.. I faced the same challenge and finally ended up with a 40 year career in radio. That rock star thing is not just hard.. but perfect timing plays a huge role in whether you can be part of something that clicks…

Super Hero probably isn’t on that list either

“And what do you want to be when you grow up, Mister Sister?”

Don’t forget that Brian May is an astrophysicist.

My son tried that when he dropped out of collage at 17 years old to tour Europe with a band. Then South America, then Europe again. He’s a machinist now and it breaks my heart that I will never see him on stage again.

AHHHH Old Chinese saying wish in one hand and dodo in the other and see which one fills up First that’s what my daddy said so…………

You probably should start considering an alternate career choice.

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