Photo: Jan Hellriegel
“Looking back, I realise some of the worst things ever just happened to be some of the best things in disguise. I just didn’t know how to read the signs" - Jan Hellriegel 2019.
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HOUND DOG (IT'S A GOOD LIFE)
Shuffling around with my nose to the ground and my eyes all covered in scrim
I'm feeling sorry for myself and I don't know why because in truth I have everything.
Jan Hellriegel performing at a Women's Festival in1986. Photo: Jan Hellriegel
What am I to choose as I fluff along this mortal coil?
What am I to lose if the road I choose is a lighter toil?
It's a good life if you want it if you let it into you.
It's a great life if you call it if you call it into you.
But it's a Hound Dog if you let it eat away at you.
So come on call it in the good life.
Let it in to you.
Days and days and hours and hours working for the man.
The rents catching up and you’re going nowhere but you’re doing the best you can.
What am I to choose as I fluff along this mortal coil?
What am I to lose if the road I choose is a lighter toil?
It's a good life if you want it if you let it into you.
It's a great life if you call it if you call it into you.
But it's a Hound Dog if you let it eat away at you.
Photoshoot for Jan's 1995 album 'Tremble'. Photo: Jan Hellriegel
So go on call it in the good life.
Let it in to you.
Days and days and hours and hours.
You watch your folks become tethered and soured.
In and out around the round.
There's no respite from the daily grind.
La la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la.
It's a good life if you want it if you let it into you.
It's a great life if you call it if you call it into you.
But it's a Hound Dog if you let it eat away at you.
So go on call it in the good life.
Let it in to you.
Sportsman of the Year was written and performed by Jan Hellriegel. From 26 April you can subscribe to the podcast at Apple podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, Radio Public and of course at rnz.co.nz.
