ALL THAT REMAINS
(Version One –the Day Before)

Mama does the laundry 
Little Pete
He calls my name
The world it 
Keeps on spinning
Will it ever be the same? 

Sisters in a Red dress 
Blue ribbons
On her brow
Innocence fell around her
We missed
That change somehow
Ah Somehow 

Oh the Joker he is laughing 
Fool of Diamonds 
Trying to steal the deal
Light watches the 
Shadows scheming
Slick suits making backroom deals 
Back room deals


We’ve all been through 
Those darkened times
Illusions
Just part of this game
Darkness chases after light
It’s just fear by any name 

Gods and Devils 
Strolling
Lately hand in hand
We have to separate
Wheat From the chaff
You can if you think you can
Make a Stand.....make a stand.

The Joker he is snarling
Cards hidden in his sleeve
As he deals the steal
Shadows
Are still lurking
Slick suits making Backroom deals 


We look into our mirrors 
Our Lives that time has changed
Everything so much clearer
Truth uncovered
Not so deranged               

I know that you remember 
When we studied loves review
You holding on to me, 
And me just holding you
Love will get us through 


The Queen of Hearts she’s running 
Fool of Diamonds
Trying to make a deal
No Mercy 
Shall be offered
To Slick Suits making Backroom Deals 

And for the second time remember 
What we learned from loves review
You holding on to me, 
And me just holding you 

Mama’s on the front porch 
Little Pete
Grown and gone its plain
The world
It keeps on spinning
I’m still in love
With what remains

Bruce Stricker