From the recording Bird On A Wing
Lyrics
I’ll be long gone before I make sense of this
I can wash my car, pick up my mail,
So I can check another thing off my list
And I’m guilty of losing perspective
Cause there are so many things I love
But hard to know how to meaningfully live
We could be gone tomorrow,
Like Mary Pauline and Louise
I hope they can look back and see
All the things they helped me to feel
And 3000 miles is a long way
Even though I call this home
I’m missing all my families day to day
My great granny was around till I was only 5 years old
She used to scratch my back, soothe my tears,
Hold me in her arms when I was cold
But then she was gone away from me
Like Adeline Jay and Louise
I wish she could look now and see
All the things I turned out to be
I’ve done my share of messing up and tuning out
But something pushes me through to live my life
Even when I don’t know how, when I don’t know how
Cause I could be gone tomorrow
Like Mary Pauline and Louise
And I wouldn’t want to look back and see
All the things that I wouldn’t be
I’ll be long gone someday (a few times)