ABOUT "When the Water Calls"

There are two kinds of people:  water people and land people.  I belong firmly in the latter category.    A swimming pool on a Baltimore-hot summer day, yes, of course, I'll go in, but other than that, I'll keep my two feet on the ground, thank you very much.

 Sitting lakeside is lovely.  And there is nothing quite so invigorating as a long walk on the beach.  But don't expect me to get wet.  And don't even THINK about throwing me in.

Anyway, this is all ironic considering I live in a small town on the water.   I look out my window and see the beautiful water, but feel very ho hum about it. I don't feel any sort of connectedness or serenity when I look at a vast body of water, here or anywhere.    I know it's pretty, but I don't FEEL it.  It does not "call" me.   The Rocky Mountains, I feel.  The stark beauty of the desert, I feel.  It calls me, it moves me.  But I am not a water person and that is the way my heart is and that is that!  

To quote the song:

"Me, I don't like swimming, I never do get wet
And if the water's calling me, I have not heard her yet
But take me to the desert, that's where I hear my song
That's where I've done my dancing all along."

So that is what this song is about,  but even moreso it's about the imprtance of answering your call, whatever it is.

"You know some folks like the water, and some folks like the land
others like the great indoors, it's what they understand
whatever blows your hair back, you've got to let it blow
just make sure you're dancing when you go."


Amen.
Alleluia.