Christine Lavin - Not Me Not Me Not Me lyrics

Everybody started jogging in 1984 I tried it once then I sat down never jogged no more I was in no rush to get from here to there I did not like what jogging did to my hair my athletic friends called me a crazy lazy bones but I am here today to say at least these bones are my own . . . My friends are having knees replaced and hip replacements too when you run in circles for 20 yrs that's what happens to you look who's signing up for painful surgery? . . . . not me not me not me Everybody joined a gym in 1995 they said exercising makes you feel alive I tried aerobics, lifting weights, but I did not like sweatin' to the oldies getting nowhere on a bike . . . I don't think so . . . My friends are having joints repaired spinal fusions too when you jump up and down for no good reason that's what happens to you look who's screaming out Augh! during physical therapy not me not me not me Oh sometimes I get a hankerin' to run and stretch and play but then I lay down and pray that hankerin' goes away I'm thinking of the future don't want to wear this body out it takes discipline to sit motionless while others prance about So if you too have felt guilty for not joining in if you grimace when the mirror tells you oops, another chin ('nother chin 'nother chin) think of your thin compatriots come to the revelation Hallelujah! we're not the ones needing operations . . . My friends are having things sewn up joints tightened with a screw I stoically sat still for years the harder thing to do look who's fretting about medical bills in this bad economy? not me not me not me not me not me not me not me