Track 11 of the album Orchard Road · 2015
Retired on a Tuesday
“A retired man wakes up Tuesday with no alarm and the whole day open. I closed the record on his coffee and his freedom.”
country · retirement country · gentle twang · 3:45
Lyrics
Woke up Tuesday with no alarm Coffee's slow and the kitchen's warm Dog looks up like, what's the plan I said, we'll walk as far as we can Used to count the hours till five Now the hours just come alive Neighbor's mowing, the swallows sing Funny what a quiet morning brings I retired on a Tuesday Nothing but time and a porch chair sway Sweet tea sweating on the rail Got no deadline, got no trail I retired on a Tuesday Ain't nobody gonna rush my day Thought I'd miss the whistle and the bell But I'm doing awful well Learned to bake a lopsided pie Learned to watch the clouds go by And if I get restless, I know the way Down to the diner for a cup of gray Swap some stories with the boys Tell them retirement's got its joys I retired on a Tuesday Nothing but time and a porch chair sway Sweet tea sweating on the rail Got no deadline, got no trail I retired on a Tuesday Ain't nobody gonna rush my day On a Tuesday Ain't nobody gonna rush my day