These guys are quickly becoming one of my favorite bands to listen to during the day. Radio Margaritaville plays them quite a bit. Add to it a couple days of 60 degree weather, and it really gets you in the mood.

This particular song I enjoy because it is a good reminder of a former life that I do not miss. It also helps in realizing that this roller-coaster ride of starting and owning a small business is much more fun, adventurous, challenging, inspiring, and creatively freer than being stuck in a situation where you feel trapped, creatively drained, and bored to the point where you’re “callin’ in gone”.

“Callin In Gone”

“Dead stuck in traffic, you know I’m headed for a job I hate
Ain’t nothing movin but the hands on my watch
Full throttle hurry up and wait
I’m sick of the retrace, I can’t take one more day
My life is too short to live it this way
I’m dialin the office put the bossman on
I’m not callin in sick I’m callin in gone

I’m callin in gone full fledged adios
I’m leavin this cubicle for a spot on the coast
Gonna find me a beach that’s where I belong
I’m not callin in sick I’m callin in gone

What the hell are you doin I keep asking myself
Only I know the answer there’s nobody else
Like a rat on the wheel that’s how I compare
I’m running all day and getting nowhere
So enough is enough I’m saying so long
I’m not callin in sick I’m callin in gone

No jacket and tie, no morning commute
I’m waving goodbye a one finger salute
Going down to the ocean, gonna lay in the sun
The only boss I’ll hear is singing Born to Run
I’ve got plenty of room, why don’t you come along
We won’t be callin in sick, we’re callin in gone”

What a great line, ” The only boss I’ll hear is singing Born to Run”.