Monday, December 31, 2018

Except For Me



Days are strolling on by and the nights are bolting past
I'm floating in circles, haunted by my glowing EKG
How is it that everything is changing, all except for me?

Theaters, bowling alleys, mall stores biting the dust
Fancy new places sprouting, places making me wanna flee
How is it that everything is changing, all except for me?

Kicking my hobbies to the curb and picking up hitch-hikers
Letting my will decay, ignoring my own formal decree
How is it that everything is changing, all except for me?

The bard found a new tune to play
A lovely new bride to obey
Learned new magic to impress
Ventured beyond the city gates
Seeking to twist his foretold fates
Hunting lost souls that he may bless

Hopping from job to job and house to house
My heart is always acting the absentee
How is it that everything is changing, all except for me?

Can't stand up straight, my eyes are feeling weak
Who can I go to, to whom can i plea?
How is it that everything is changing, all except for me?

The knight survived through many a battle
Now he's retired and yoking cattle
Took his family out to a farm
Left the ruling to his brother
Didn't mind disappointing his mother
Even took up quilting with yarn

Spent a whole year trying to change
Ain't nothing I can do now but drop to me knee
How is it that everything is changing, all except for me?