I don’t want to die
But who am I anyway
And what is “I” anyway 
Anyway

I don’t want to peter out
I don’t want to say bye bye
I don’t want to fade away
Fade away

And who was I anyway
anyway

And what was I anyway
Anyway

Anyway

Words and music by Tod Lippy

Mixed by Kramer

Vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards: Tod Lippy
Bass: Kramer
Drums: Jeff Lipstein

Mastering Engineer: Joe Lambert

©2025 Tod Lippy Music, BMI

Anyway

ANYWAY

Lyrics and music by Tod Lippy
Copyright @2020 Tod Lippy Music, BMI

Produced by Tod Lippy and Kramer
Mixed and mastered by Kramer

LYRICS:

A long time ago
I took a lot of photos
And then I packed them away
I didn't look until today

Some of them went in the trash
Some of them were not bad
But then occasionally
I'd find one of you and me
 
In my car
There you are

There you are
There you are
There you were
There you were

There you were

That one was taken in Lowell
We'd driven there on a trek
Related to our obsession 
with Kerouac

And then you moved to the coast
And I moved to the other coast
Then a year went by
And then another slid by

But then we met up in Rome 
Somebody took our photo
under an old stone gate
Along the Appian Way  

Under my arm
There you are

There you were

I hear your laughter still
There you are
I always felt like a dilettante around you
I hear your laughter still
There you are
The way you always could drill down to the essence
I hear your laughter still
There you are
I never said what a thrill it was to know you
I hear your laughter still
There you are
I never said what a thrill it was to grow with you

Tod Lippy

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