We hold ourselves back from saving ourselves

Tuesday column

Gerry Rafferty’s Baker St, the song that created at least a decade of work for sax players, has just so much exultation in its final bars.

When you wake up, it's a new morning
The sun is shining, it's a new morning
You're going, you're going home

Gerry Rafferty knew his bars. The song talks about a friend who’s gonna give up the booze and the mood of that l…