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Is there anything left
Maybe steak and eggs
Waking up to washing up
Making up your bed
Lazy days my razor blade
Could use a better edge
It's enough to make you laugh
Relax in a nice cool bath
Inspiration for navigation
Of our new found craft
I know you and you know me
It's always half and half
And we were oh oh, so you know
Not the kind to dawdle
Will the things we wrote today
Sound as good tomorrow
We will still be writing
In approaching years
Stifling yawns on Sundays
As the weekends disappear
We could stretch our legs if we'd half a mind
But don't disturb us if you hear us trying
To instigate the structure of another line or two
Cause writing's lighting up
And I like life enough to see it through
Maybe steak and eggs
Waking up to washing up
Making up your bed
Lazy days my razor blade
Could use a better edge
Relax in a nice cool bath
Inspiration for navigation
Of our new found craft
I know you and you know me
It's always half and half
Not the kind to dawdle
Will the things we wrote today
Sound as good tomorrow
We will still be writing
In approaching years
Stifling yawns on Sundays
As the weekends disappear
But don't disturb us if you hear us trying
To instigate the structure of another line or two
Cause writing's lighting up
And I like life enough to see it through
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I'm really pondering over the line "We could stretch our legs if we'd half a mind". Does anyone have an idea to share about it?
@rumi It goes without saying it's an autobiographical song about Elton and Bernie. The lyrics suggest that they worked very hard on writing songs, using entire weekends to write, they didn't dawdle and the line "We could stretch our legs if we'd half a mind" simply suggests that they should have taken more time to relax or take breaks while writing but they elected not to.
@rumi It goes without saying it's an autobiographical song about Elton and Bernie. The lyrics suggest that they worked very hard on writing songs, using entire weekends to write, they didn't dawdle and the line "We could stretch our legs if we'd half a mind" simply suggests that they should have taken more time to relax or take breaks while writing but they elected not to.
Dear rumi,To stretch one,e legs is an english colloquialism for- going for a walk!Hope this clears the matter up for you.There are quite a few references in the song(shaving,washing-up,cooking) to the day-to-day routine things we might do in life and this is just another.Writing obviously came as a blessed relief to all of that.Great song!
Oh! Sorry,but "Half a mind " just means - spare it a second thought.