It's a Brazzle Dazzle day,
So throw off the past and everything in it,
That's the Brazzle Dazzle way,
Enjoying your time, from minute to minute,
Running through the sand without your shoes on,
Making sure that you don't keep your blues on,
Finding a boat we can cruise on
It's a Brazzle Dazzle day,
When you think of love and never of sorrow,
That's the Brazzle Dazzle way,
To do your work now and take off tomorrow,
Flying through the air, you don't need wings on,
Climb right up and feel the thrill it brings on,
Flock with the wind as it sings on.
Ride higher and higher and glide above the clouds,
Free! No one to catch us or slow us,
Even the birds are below us!
It's a Brazzle Dazzle day,
A lifetime of joy in just a few hours,
All our Brazzle Dazzle years have just begun,
We'll follow the sun and replay,
This Brazzle Dazzle day!
Sure, I'll crosspost my contribution from the other thread.
My 3-year-old doesn't have a lot of exposure to Disney, but he likes the original Pete's Dragon movie with Helen Reddy. This song from the movie makes an excellent FIRE anthem:QuoteIt's a Brazzle Dazzle day,
So throw off the past and everything in it,
That's the Brazzle Dazzle way,
Enjoying your time, from minute to minute,
Running through the sand without your shoes on,
Making sure that you don't keep your blues on,
Finding a boat we can cruise on
It's a Brazzle Dazzle day,
When you think of love and never of sorrow,
That's the Brazzle Dazzle way,
To do your work now and take off tomorrow,
Flying through the air, you don't need wings on,
Climb right up and feel the thrill it brings on,
Flock with the wind as it sings on.
Ride higher and higher and glide above the clouds,
Free! No one to catch us or slow us,
Even the birds are below us!
It's a Brazzle Dazzle day,
A lifetime of joy in just a few hours,
All our Brazzle Dazzle years have just begun,
We'll follow the sun and replay,
This Brazzle Dazzle day!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMULczmw6Vc
This idea came from the 2020 Cohort Thread but it deserves it's own topic.
What song best exemplifies your FIRE journey, or best illustrates why you are making the sacrifices in order to become FI and or RE? What do you listen to for inspiration, motivation or keeps you going when it gets tough. What song do you plan on playing the day you FIRE?
Here's mine to start...
Harry Chapin - Cat's in the Craddle, this verse sums it up for me. He wasted his whole life working only to miss out on his kid's childhood. I'm not going to do that..
I've long since retired and my son's moved away
I called him up just the other day
I said, I'd like to see you if you don't mind
He said, I'd love to, dad, if I could find the time
You see, my new job's a hassle, and the kids have the flu
But it's sure nice talking to you, dad
It's been sure nice talking to you
And as I hung up the phone, it occurred to me
He'd grown up just like me
My boy was just like me
And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man in the moon
"When you coming home, son?" "I don't know when"
But we'll get together then, dad
We're gonna have a good time then
Alicia Keys - This girl is on Fire!! Helpsalot when my boss is being an ass!
She's just a girl, and she's on fire
Hotter than a fantasy, longer like a highway
She's living in a world, and it's on fire
Feeling the catastrophe, but she knows she can fly away
Oh, she got both feet on the ground
And she's burning it down
Oh, she got her head in the clouds
And she's not backing down
I've got two songs:
"My Way", Frank Sinatra. To me, being financially dependent on a job means that I need to live my life the way the company wants me to instead of living it my way (I'm guessing that more than a few people on this forum agree...). I want to look back on my life in my old age and be able to say "...I did it my way." Which will be a lot easier if I have the freedom to do it my way, instead of my bosses way. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQzdAsjWGPg
I'm Free
The Soup Dragons
Don't be afraid of your freedom
Freedom
I'm free to do what I want any old time
I said I'm free to do what I want any old time
I say love me, hold me
Love me, hold me
'Cause I'm free to do what I want any old time
And I'm free to be who I choose any old time
I say love me, hold me
Love me, hold me
'Cause I'm free
I say love me, hold me
Love me, hold me
'Cause I'm free to do what I want
To be what I want any old time
And I'm free to be who I choose
To get my booze any old time
I say love me (love me forever)
Hold me (and love will never die)
Love me, hold me
'Cause I'm free
Do you hear what the man say
These are the words me hear from my grandaddy, come
These are the words me hear from my grandaddy
He would say nothing in this world like when a man know he free
Free from the lock up, me say
Free from the debt
Free like a butterfly
Free like a bee
These are the words me hear from my grandaddy
Said it's nice to be free, nice to be free
Free from the lock up, me say
Free from the debt
Don't be afraid of your freedom
'Cause I'm free to do what I want any old time (I'm a new creation)
'Cause I'm free to do what I want any old time (Don't be afraid of your freedom)
I said I'm free to do what I want to be what I want any old time
I said I'm free to be who I choose, to get my booze any old time
'Cause I'm free to do what I want any old time (I'm free, I'm free, I'm free)
'Cause I'm free to do what I want any old time (I'm free, I'm free, I'm free)
'Cause I'm free to do what I want any old time (I'm free, I'm free, I'm free)
'Cause I'm free to do what I want any old time (I'm free, I'm free, I'm free)
'Cause I'm free to do what I want any old time (I'm free, I'm free, I'm free)
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Keith Richards / Mick Jagger
I'm Free lyrics © Abkco Music, Inc
Played on my freedom day and occasionally thereafter (any old time)
And you run, and you run to catch up with the sun, but it's sinking
Racing around to come up behind you again
The sun is the same in a relative way, but you're older
Shorter of breath, and one day closer to death
Every year is getting shorter, never seem to find the time
Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines
Time by Pink Floyd
So many good songs and lyrics that tie in well w/FIRE!
For me, it's a lot about being different from the crowd ("normal people"). I am so lucky that I have found the FIRE movement, MMM
Another one for Pink Floyd's "Time". If you don't take control of your own life, you may wake up someday and wonder what happened. "Waiting for someone or something to show you the way". "No one told you when to run/ You missed the starting gun". I think of FIRE every time I listen to that song. That basically describes my pre-FIRE life, too. Now I feel that I'm actually on track for something great.
I had posted this in the 2020 FIRE group - My FIRE song contribution is Solsbury Hill by Peter Gabriel - which I choose to interpret as having the courage to letting go of the boring and safe status quo to risk reaching for something better
Solsbury Hill
Peter Gabriel, Lou Reed
Climbing up on Solsbury Hill
I could see the city light
Wind was blowing, time stood still
Eagle flew out of the night
He was something to observe
Came in close, I heard a voice
Standing stretching every nerve
Had to listen had no choice
I did not believe the information
I just had to trust imagination
My heart going boom boom boom
"Son," he said, "Grab your things, I've come to take you home."
To keepin' silence I resigned
My friends would think I was a nut
Turning water into wine
Open doors would soon be shut
So I went from day to day
Tho' my life was in a rut
'Till I thought of what I'd say
Which connection I should cut
I was feeling part of the scenery
I walked right out of the machinery
My heart going boom boom boom
"Hey," he said, "grab your things, I've come to take you home."
When illusion spin her net
I'm never where I want to be
And liberty she pirouette
When I think that I am free
Watched by empty silhouettes
Who close their eyes,but still can see
No one taught them etiquette
I will show another me
Today I don't need a replacement
I'll tell them what the smile on my face meant
My heart going boom boom boom
"Hey," I said, "You can keep my things, they've come to take me home."
So many good songs and lyrics that tie in well w/FIRE!
For me, it's a lot about being different from the crowd ("normal people"). I am so lucky that I have found the FIRE movement, MMM
I think lots of Mu$tachian$ tend toward nonconformity.
Working Reward by Haymarket Squares
I can't find pasteable lyrics but two samples:
"You're worth more than they'll every pay you. Don't let your desire to please other people betray you."
and
"It was already meager this working reward, for selling off the best years of your life."
I've No More Fucks To Give
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vqbk9cDX0l0