I’m like a young man I’m like a young man Running in an old man’s shoes In this race I know we all lose Young girl once said to me Young girl once said to me You too will soon grow old From that day to this I’ve done what I was told I know […]
Turn to me when all else fails I’m your train still in the station Your ship before it sails Turn to me when all else fails Night will fall It has no choice There’s always pain Inside the voice That speaks to us of failure Speaks to us of loss Talking like a preacher With […]
Tonight I hear the waves but I’m nowhere near the sea The ocean that I hear is the one inside of me The eyes are looking forward but the heart keeps looking back It gets so hard to care now to bother keeping track To bother keeping track There was a time I would have […]
He never left the house without his hat It’s funny how I should remember that He smoked he drank but didn’t speak He put his faith in the football pools each week He was a man of habit A man of quiet ways A man like all the children of empire days He kept his […]
Take these things I possess I know I’ll get by with less That’s all I’ve learned I guess Through the wasted years I don’t know right from wrong I don’t know weak from strong Just know I’ve been silent too long Through the wasted years My heart just spoke Like a dam just broke Torn […]
Tokyo nights LA days Sunset on the seven seas European ways Asian eyes Woken by a tropical breeze Grand Central Station The lost and found Looking for the answer to 13 down New York games London rain The colors of New England fall Brazilian smiles African skies The dusty winds of Senegal A tiny island […]
Raised in vain to go no higher Ashes waiting for the fire Lies in wait for the liar My voice and I All that remain Raised in vain The young heart beats The old heart sighs Life becomes a thin veneer The old bequeath The young the prize Of everything we’re leaving here Raised in […]