NEW LIVE version from the CKMS show with Derrick Chapman and Max Bent!This song is about getting older and just dealing with life on it's terms.
Check out other versions at www.soundclick.com/whatchagonnado.
acoustic
folk
blues
original
americana
roots
country blues
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Story behind the song
A week before I was to film my segment of "Colorado Juke Box Live" my partner informed me he quit...........Whatcha Gonna Do? This song has become an audience favorite (we like it to), and I have decided to put up a page just for it on soundclick www.soundclick.com/whatchagonna do) and will be putting the varied live renditions up I have recorded over the last few years
Lyrics
Whatcha Gonna Do
by Gary W. Wickizer ©2001
As I walk along this old dirt road,
I must be doing something right I’m getting old.
But you know, I don’t really mind
I got one more day in time.
Sometimes things is right, sometimes they’re wrong
Some of your days are short some are long.
Way things turn out could be bad or good,
You may holler out, “That didn’t work the way that it should”
Whatcha Gonna Do, Whatcha gonna do.
All you can do is what you can.
Dig the dirt and play in the sand.
Fly through the air, walk upon the land.
Take your turn walk like a man.
Keep your eyes wide open, your hands upon the wheel,
Life’s a card game and it’s your deal.
Some folks like to scream and fight,
I know everything’s gonna be all right…..
Whatcha gonna do, whatcha gonna do
Never know when the end is in sight,
Could be the middle of the day or a cold dark night.
You may get to finish what you start to do,
Eat your lunch or tie your shoe.
Go for water find your well run dry,
Time to stop walking and learn to fly…
Whatcha gonna do, whatcha gonna do, whatcha gonna do