Dearest Miriam

You know I've been gone
It'll have to wait
Waitin' never hurt no one
Island time, when the mood is right
Tomorrow if not tonight

You always find, you fall behind
It took so long, to get around to it
Somehow this day just got away
It took so long, to get around to it
It seemed to work out anyway

Hold on a sec
Sit right there
It's no greener on the other side
If it weren't for last minute we'd never finish
There'd be no tasks at hand

You always find, you fall behind
It took so long, to get around to it
Somehow this day just got away
It took so long, to get around to it
It seemed to work out anyway

Guitar solo

It took so long, to get around to it
Somehow this day just got away
It took so long, to get around to it
It seemed to work out anyway

Get Around To It

I drove by your front door this afternoon
It made me think of all I'd wished I'd said to you
Maybe one day when we meet again
On the island you said you'd take me to

You offered more than I could give to you
So many cues as I think it through
Emotions displayed for your world to see
A desire somethin' close to free

Friend, with a big heart
Knows, how to live hard

We always imagine some afterlife
Where old friends you missed wait inside
Greet you with fondness, just as you gave
As you float through your personal parade

Friend, with a big heart
Knows, how to live hard
Friend, with a big heart
Go
Start again
Start again

The Easy Things You Do For A Hard Life

I've been wild all along
Trespassed across state lines through somebody's lawn
The white river pack never knew I was gone
My odyssey went on and on

I came to California via Oregon
Looking for a kindred soul to take me on
Now here I lay by the side of the road
I never stood a chance in the status quo

In my Shangri La I'd be free to roam
These highways would leave me alone
No trackin' my footsteps or takin' my home
A lone wolf on my own terms with the buffalo

I came to California via Oregon
Looking for a kindred soul to take me on
Now here I lay by the side of the road
I never stood a chance in the status quo

My legacy remains but my spirit folds
No amount of courage could bring me home
No amount of courage could bring me home

OR-93

Something unfamiliar as you greet a stranger
A welcome reinvention. Our handshake harbinger

Dear city forgone. For sale sign on the front lawn
Will you change or stay the same?
Will you change or stay the same?

Street sweeper searching for a mess that isn't there
No taxi horns blaring. Boarded windows in the square

Dear city forgone. For sale sign on the front lawn
Will you change or stay the same?
Will you change or stay the same?

Reorder the natural world. Air quality's gone sky high
The birds relocating to an ashtray on Colonel By

Dear city forgone. For sale sign on the front lawn
Will you change or stay the same?
Will you change or stay the same?
Will you change or stay the same?
Will you change or stay the same?

Dear City

Woke up tonight - Pill Bottle Rattle
Head ain’t quite right - Pill Bottle Rattle

Take me away - I’m floating again

Circles of white - Pill Bottle Rattle
Amber delight - Pill Bottle Rattle

Take me away - I’m floating again

Acetaminophen - Ibuprofen 
Acetaminophen - Ibuprofen 
Acetaminophen - Ibuprofen 

Pill Bottle Rattle
Pill Bottle Rattle
Pill Bottle Rattle
Pill Bottle Rattle

Take me away - Pill Bottle Rattle
Take me away - Pill Bottle Rattle

Pill Bottle Rattle

Many years have passed since I was a child
Held on to your hand so tight, living free and wild
I thought this was forever, then life moved so fast
Lookin' back today I really missed all that

Savour life's simplicities, don't postpone a thing
Sartre said we've got one day left and you really wanna make it
You'd better make it last

Romans had it figured out centuries ago
Tokens on tabletops, skulls of those once known
Treat your time as a gift as the second pass us by
Carpe diem, seize the day, before your well runs dry

Savour life's simplicities, don't postpone a thing
Sartre said we've got one day left and you really wanna make it, you know you gotta make it, you'd better make it last

Consumed with planning from dawn 'til dusk
Free your mind, wanderlust

To think of all that has been said and all you can't take back
The final chapter of this life, the conclusion that it lacks
The unresolved, unfulfilled, promises unkept
Miles to go before you sleep, dots left to connect

Savour life's simplicities, don't postpone a thing
Sartre said we've got one day left and you really wanna make it, you know you gotta make it, you'd better make it last

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