Sometimes That's the Way It Goes

[couchgrouch]

Sometimes That's the Way It GoesI saw us sleeping peaceful, fifty years from nowshe'd find heaven while dreaming, I'd follow as heaven allowedbut love's a fragile fabric, and time will find a threadthen pull and pull, till passion lies in shredsif I would have noticed, she'd be here todaybut I was blind and let it slidetill love just slipped awayand sometimes that's the way it goesa desert creek that trickles till it's goneor it melts off like April snowsand phantom moons that vanish at dawnno, love's not made to stay and sometimes that's the waythat's the way it goeswill a new beginning, mean I'm near the endcos now distant mem'ries, are my closest friendsloss scars ev'ry midnight, and faces from the pastbecome the shapeless shadows, that shadows castso is it foolish, to try and start anewcos I understand, time gives with one handbut takes with twoand sometimes that's the way it goesa desert creek that trickles till it's goneor it melts off like April snowsand phantom moons that vanish at dawnno, time's not made to stay and sometimes that's the waythat's the way it goesis sayin' I'm a loser, just one more excusecos death shows that winners, are just the last to loseand maybe scars are badges, that mean I survivedlearning from loss just adds to, what's left of lifeand sometimes that's the way it goesa desert creek that trickles till it's goneor it melts off like April snowsand phantom moons that vanish at dawnno, life's not made to stay and sometimes that's the waythat's the way it goes(c)2005 Robert George