What a Time

WHAT A TIME

Oh, my Girl, what a time we had
We were just kids and you were living with your Dad
Your Mom had up and gone away
With some guy she met down in LA
Another Player with a lot to say
About how things were gonna be that day
A whole lot of things kept gettin’ in our way
I was drownin’ underneath all the bills I gotta pay

You came along with the Moon that Night
Then came the Day you went Away
And all my Colors turned to Gray
Just another Saturday, another Music stand to play
A One-Man Band, a Castaway
I was exiled from LA, living life on layaway
Burned out, Babe, I gotta say
The Devil deals in Pay or Play

Life was like a Carnival, and I was like an animal
A blazing Heart on Fire, taking it to the Wire
A photo finish kind of Life, on the Edges of a Knife
Dancing like a Marionette without any Strings to bind me
A feeling like a Tidal Wave rushing up behind me
Duty bound to Soldier on, from Erewhon to Avalon
Our Hallowed Ground is so far gone
Across these Fields we trample on

My Life became an endless Journey
A Song that never ends
Lots of ordinary lovers and extraordinary friends
There came a time before the Summer, back home in Riverbend
I saw the Spark of the Beginning and the Beginning of the End
I had to hide in Secret, my Conscience to Defend
I had no Gold or Silver, and you were my only Friend
I knew that I was never coming back this way again

I had a Dream of starting over, but no confidence at all
Like a dying 4-leaf Clover by an ancient Bedrock Wall
 I am Praying for the Water to Rain down from the Sky
But then it all was over, it was time to say Goodbye
There were no Tears upon my face, and both my Eyes were dry
It might have been a Saving Grace, or a final Lullaby
There must be a Secret Place, somewhere deep Inside
Where the Wind is in the Willows, and the Moon is in the Sky

Your head is on my pillow, and I'm lying right beside
The Thunder of Artillery, an Echo from inside
I wonder if my Memory is still Walking the Line
Somewhere In the Shadows Of the Echoes of my Mind
What A Time, What A Time, we could have left it all behind
Imprisoned in the Palace where the Water turns to Wine
While wringing out small Victories from somewhere else in Time
I was all alone on Instruments, and truly Flying Blind

Now there comes a moment when it all just Fades Away
Blood Moon rising in the Hills above a sheltered Bay
As for this Lo Entanglements ve Affair of ours, at the Ending of the Day
The Sun is Rising over there, the Fog is on the Bay
I am suddenly Aware of a Forever place to stay
There are no more that keep getting in our way
Love is not an Accident or just another Getaway
What A Time To remember, what a time to Fade Away
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