DAVID'S SONG

LOST
GONE FOREVER
REMEMBERED TUNES
ON OLD GUITAR STRINGS
WAFTING IN OUR MEMORIES
STRUGGLING OVER DEEP CHASMS
CLIMBING OVER HIGH MOUNTAINS
STRIVING HARD TO REACH THE TOP
WHERE ARE THE ROAD SIGNS?
I CAN'T FIND THE MAP
WHAT IS THE PLOT?

I CAN'T MAKE IT
MY GRIP IS SLIPPING
MY MIND IS CLOUDED
THE PINNACLE BECKONS
THE DEEP ABYSS IS PULLING ME
I STRIVE TO MAKE IT
ENERGY SAPPING
WHO CAN HELP ME?
I CRY FOR HELP
BUT NOBODY HEARS ME

MY LIFE IS NOTHING
THERE HAS GOT TO BE MORE
CAN I BE CERTAIN
I DON'T REALLY CARE
I'LL DO IT MY WAY
NO ONE WILL MISS ME
THEY'VE GOT EACH OTHER
IT'S AS IF I'M NOT THERE
I'VE TRIED THEIR WAY
IT JUST DOESN'T WORK
I'LL DO IT MY WAY

I'VE HAD MY MUSIC
I'VE PLAYED MY TUNE
NOBODY LISTENING
IT ALL CAME TOO SOON
I CAN'T CHANGE THE RHYTMN
I CAN'T CHANGE THE RHYME
MOVING TO A DIFFERENT BEAT
IT'S ALL TOO STRANGE TO THEM
BUT IT'S MY SPECIAL SONG
AND I'LL END IT MY WAY
THAT'S HOW IT'LL BE DONE

MY MUSIC WILL FADE
BUT NOT GONE FOREVER
IT WILL LIVE IN THEIR HEARTS
SO SOFT AND TENDER

C) PAT MCDONNELL
OCTOBER 1995