Like A Rock
by Bob Seger
Stood there boldly
Sweatin’, in the sun
Felt like a million
Felt like number one
The height of summer
I’d never felt that strong
Like a rock
I was eighteen
Didn’t have a care
Working for peanuts
Not a dime to spare
But I was lean and
Solid everywhere
Like a rock
My hands were steady
My eyes were clear and bright
My walk had purpose
My steps were quick and light
And I held firmly
To what I felt was right
Like a rock
Like a rock, I was strong as I could be
Like a rock, nothin’, ever got to me
Like a rock, I was something to see
Like a rock
And I stood arrow straight
Unencumbered by the weight
Of all these hustlers and their schemes
I stood proud, I stood tall
High above it all
I still believed in my dreams
Twenty years now
Where they go?
Twenty years
I don’t know
I sit and I wonder sometimes
Where they’ve gone
And sometimes late at night
When I’m bathed in the firelight
The moon comes callin’, a ghostly white
And I recall
I recall
Like a rock, standin’, arrow straight
Like a rock, chargin’, from the gate
Like a rock, carryin’, the weight
Like a rock
Like a rock, the sun upon my skin
Like a rock, hard against the wind
Like a rock, I see myself again
Like a rock
Oh like a rock
3 responses to “Like A Rock”
I wonder where over 50 years have gone…lol.
Seriously, I love, love, love “Like a Rock”. It makes me think of my dad, who was always physically strong, working as a lumberjack in Northern California before I was born and up until I was nine. Then he became a farmer/rancher for the rest of his life. He was always like a rock to me.
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Yes, he sounds like the ‘rock’ or Seger’s song… It is also one of my favorites from that era…; -)
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Same here, Liam. πΌπ
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