My Hat Is Off

My hat is off

Here’s to the people who have succeeded in getting under my skin

My hat is off

Here’s to the people who have managed to get their own way, even if it’s wrong

My hat is off

To all the selfish bastards who think the world owes them a living

My hat is off

To myself in spite of all this, in all this time I have not resorted to drowning my sorrows and saying hell to it all

My hat is off

To my love, who has absorbed some of my negative energy And converted it to positive thinking

So please, please all of you

My hat is off

Won’t you please, take a bow

Let It Rain

I went outside for a walk today
And found I had a lot to say
Mother Nature was calling my name

I told the stream I was walking by
Not to rise to fast or to get to high
Cause I like to sit and watch the fish swim by

In the pouring rain
I was feeling kind of old
In the pouring rain
I was searching for my soul
In the pouring rain
I found my pot of gold
If the sun don’t shine tomorrow
Let it rain

I felt the wind blowing through my hair

Yet still I sat and didn’t care

The lightning flashed and the sky began to cry

The cold rain fell upon my face
I felt my heart begin to race
Embrace me Mother Nature, don’t let me go

In the pouring rain
I was feeling kind of old
In the pouring rain
I was searching for my soul
In the pouring rain
I found my pot of gold
If the sun don’t shine tomorrow
Let it rain

Generations Apart

I’ve got a lot to learn
As time stands still I have a moment
Having all the time left in the world

Seeing all the little children playing out their roles
Playing catch, hop scotch, tag and hide and seek
A child is building mountains in the sand
Climbing up and looking over all the land

I’ve got the world in my hands
Seeing all their happy faces, not a care
Remembering when I was a child, wiping my tears away

Memories and imagination running wild, longing for the past
An endless thought of running through fields of green
From child to adult with nothing in-between

Time and time again, I am within

In A Pondering Way

Oh to see the sun in morn

On hills of old though weather scorn

Shade trees wave their arms, so free

And stand so bold in front of me

Oh such whispers my wondering ears

Revealing secrets of so many years

Oh bold and wise one, so free

I feel your secrets speak to me

We are so like, you and I

As we stand and watch the world go by

Yet you are poise and stand your ground

And my impatience holds me down

The time has come for me to go

And I will try to take it slow

Thank you for helping me to mend

Oh tallest tree I call my friend

Just Fade Away

Where are you going my fine young friend

The path that you follow has come to an end

Your journey continues but which way to go

So many choices but only you know

The world that we live in moves quickly you see

Make your decisions or just cease to be

For death comes to quickly for those who stand still

So follow your dreams accomplish at will

So many voices will echo the way

And so many listen the words they say

And those that deny will squander the day

And slowly but surely just fade away

Where are you going my fine young friend

The honor of ages are left to defend

A trendy yet subtle approach to the day

And when you speak they will hear what you say

For age does not maturity make

The wisdom of years have all been a fake

For wisdom won’t come with the number of years

But how will you stop and open your ears

So many voices will echo the way

And so many listen the words that they say

And those that deny will squander the day

And slowly but surely just fade away

So where are you going my fine young friend