Lead Dog © Joe Chisholm, 2005

Like jumping from a ledge or retreating to a burning building

It's time to choose the uncertain or settle for breaking even

A parable comes to mind from one of life's wise Eskimos

I don't remember it exactly but this is how it goes

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When you're not the lead dog

The view never Changes

Life's a Crowded room

Full of faceless strangers

When you're not the lead dog

the view never changes

I can't settle for getting by

So bring on the dangers

You confess you have a dream - the others just don't get it

Like an ageing hipster, you don't want to be pathetic

So you're torn between a good living and a good life

You ask if it's worth the risk, the sweat, the strife

Well, if you're asking me...

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I won't bah like the sheep so I fight for what I seek

You won't find me dead with my concerto incomplete

Life is not a punishment - more like a treasure hunt

So I am jumping from the ledge and taking a run for

the front

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