• Track: One Day at a Time
• Artist: Joe Walsh
• Album: Analog Man
• Year: 2012

Lyrics:

Well, you know
I was always the first to arrive at the party
And the last to leave the scene of the crime
Well it started with a couple of beers
And it went I dont know how many years
Like a runaway train headed for the end of the line

Well, I finally got around to admit that I might have a problem
But I thought it was just too damn big of a mountain to climb
Well I got down on my knees and said ‘Hey!’
‘I just cant go on livin’ this way!’
Guess I have to learn to live my life one day at a time

Oh ya! One day at a time!
Oh ya! One day at a time!
Oh ya! One day at a time!
Oh ya! One day at a time!

Well, I finally got around to admit that I was a problem
When I used to put the blame on everybody’s shoulders but mine
All the friends I used to run with are gone
Lord, I hadn’t planned on livin’ this long
I have to learn to live my life one day at a time!

It was something it was too blind to see
I got help from something greater than me
And I have to learn to live my life one day at a time!

Get It:

Joe Walsh’s Analog Man is available on Amazon here:

And if you are looking for a great (though brief) career retrospective of Walsh’s solo material (as well as his work with The James Gang) be sure to pick up a copy of Joe Walsh: The Definitive Collection:

Now that we’ve rung in the new year, I thought it would be good to hear a song of redemption from one of rock and roll’s most famous wild men. As most know, Walsh has famously battled alcohol and drug addictions for most of his life, finally getting sober in the mid-1990s.

One Day at a Time is a personal song of redemption to which I think all of us can relate in one way or another.

Video:

And because we have the extra space (and Walsh wasn’t one to record music videos as a soloist) here an excellent live Eagles performance of Take It Easy:

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