Another one out

It’s always so tempting to ask a songwriter ‘where did you get the idea for that song’ or ‘what does it actually mean?’ Some songs are very obvious with, perhaps, an ‘I love you, babe’ theme! Others tell a tale; many are utterly obscure! I’m going to go through my songs one by one and write a little about each one.
 
Another One Out
It’s a hot, hot day, thinking ‘bout my changing roles
Sitting in the sunshine, checking my eyelids for holes
I awake - everything has changed
- All my life is rearranged 
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It’s a hot, hot day, thinking through my perfect plans
Lost in dreams, shaping life with gentle hands
I can’t believe - you’re on my side
I’m off the blocks - no need to hide
 
The fantasy; the bottom line
The secret list; the grand design
 
Over the wall, under the wire, listen to them shout
Hit the ground running; don’t look back
We got another one out, boys. We got another one out
 
It’s a hot, hot day, now I find there’s time to burn
Sitting in the sunshine, the colours and the sounds return
 -  I’m not afraid to go
Tell the world - now everyone can know
 
The fantasy; the bottom line
The secret list; the grand design
 
Over the wall, under the wire, listen to them shout
Hit the ground running; don’t look back
We got another one out, boys. We got another one out
 
In 2002 I began to wonder how I to maintain my special interest in Musculoskeletal and Sports Medicine and also keep up-to-date with all the rapidly changing progress in all aspects of medicine i.e. General Practice. The germ of an idea formed; it gradually grew into the concept that Colchester needed a separate service for those people with an orthopaedic condition which did not need a surgical intervention. At this time the Orthopaedic and Rheumatology Services were so overwhelmed that the waiting time just to be seen was well over 12 months. I reasoned that it would be beneficial to everyone - Patients, Primary Care and Secondary Care, if those waiting times could be shortened whilst still seeing those people who needed an opinion, diagnosis and resolution of their problem.
 
I put this idea to the then Primary Care Trust and, to my amazement, it was agreed that I should take a sabbatical to explore the idea in full and design an appropriate service. I was only 2 weeks into the sabbatical when, dozing in the sunshine, I awoke realising that I was going to see this through and leave my GP practice to create the MSK service. The sky was bluer, the grass greener, the bird song came through with ever greater clarity and all in all, with my senses somehow heightened, I realised that the intensity of my work had allowed life to become ‘grey’ but now … ‘the colours and the sounds returned’.
 
When I told a friend of my plans, he rubbed his hands together and said, ‘We got another one out, boys!’