Sunday, April 7, 2013

If We Weren't All Crazy We Would Go Insane



In 1977, about 10 years before our skater took his first steps on a frozen surface in the Aspen Ice Garden, former Aspenite Jimmy Buffet scored big with his song “Changes in Latitudes Changes in Attitudes ” It’s been stuck in my head all day as I think about the many things I've learned in the now 24 years we've been involved in this sport. Unlike my “Twelve Days of Skating” holiday adaptation, this one didn't take much changing. It just kind of said it all. So with apologies to Jimmy , here is my slightly edited version:



I took off for a weekend this month
Just to try and recall the whole year
All of the faces and all of the places
Wonderin’ where they all disappeared
I didn't ponder the question too long
I was hungry and went out for a bite
Went out for a drink then looked for a rink
But there just wasn't one within sight

Chorus:
It’s these changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes
Nothing remains quite the same
With all of our running and all of our cunning
If I couldn’t laugh I would just go insane

Reading departure signs in some big airport
Reminds me of the places I’ve been
Visions of good times that brought so much pleasure
Makes me want to go back again

If it suddenly ended tomorrow
I could somehow adjust to the fall
Good luck and hugging and media mugging
I’ve seen more than I can recall






Chorus:
These changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes
Nothing remains quite the same
I count the arenas and smiling hyenas
So I have to laugh or I'd just go insane



I think about skating when I’m drinking red wine
I wish I could jump on a plane
So many nights I just dream of the ice
God I wish I was freezin’ again
Oh, yesterdays over my shoulder
So I can't look back for too long
There's just too much to see waiting in front of me
And I know that I just can't go wrong


Chorus:
With these changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes
Nothing remains quite the same
With all of my running and all of my cunning
If I couldn't laugh I just would go insane


If we couldn't laugh we just would go insane
If weren't all crazy we would go insane


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