One New Years Morning

One thing I learned growing up around songwriters... never break the heart of a musician. You're bound to end up in a song somewhere.

None of these songs will ever go on to be hits. In fact, they probably won't be read by more than thirty people. Still I wonder, though, what the people I've been involved with would think if they knew that there was a song about them.

I try to keep the commentary pretty vague. For the most part, I have not named any names. Those that really, really know me already know the situations I may hastily describe, and those that do not won't be any wiser. Even so, I hope that the people I write about are flattered. It was in the past, but they all should realize that I cared enough at the time to put the situations into lyrics.

My songbooks are my most valuable possession. Most of the songs may not be great, but they are the moments of my life, both wonderful and terrible.

Anyway, this one is about one who got away...

One New Years Morning

come walk with me a while
tomorrow, start anew
for now let's dance in the twilight
let the stars plan our steps tonight
let's gaze at the sunrise of a new years morning

i know it's january
but let my feet stay bare
the more i feel, the less i'll forget
so let me stand with another's prize
and never lose the sunrise of this new years morning

...these are the things that i think about...

i regret that awkward goodbye
i knew, never again
lost you with a simple word
a single word that i would take back
...a thousand different times
...on a thousand of these mornings
...let my stinging feet remind me
...that i am not asleep

let me rest my grasp
let her fall asleep
with the one she really wants
a better version of me
but i hope that she remembers still...

...these are the things that i think about
.........like watching the sunrise on a new years morning
...these are the things that i think about
.........i don't think i could stand forgetting.
.........and i don't think i could stand ever being forgotten.