Tears of sorrow & joy

Last
song for
tonight

A
dirty wind
blows thru the sky
and the winter leaves cut loose
and fly

Leave
me watching
and wishing I
could follow

Though
among the regrets
that I can't get by there are just one or two
Unkind things I said to you
Mammy
what was I supposed
to do?

I
don't
know why
it was so hard to talk to you
I guess my anger
pulled me
thru

No
sooner
had I hit the streets
when I met the fools a young man meets
All in search of truth
and bound for glory
And listening
to our own heart beats
we stood around the drum
Though it's fainter now
the older I became
living life day after day
Soon all your plans
and changes either fail
or fade away
Leaving so much
stiil left
to say

But Mammy
I want to let you know somehow
The things you said are so much clearer now
and I would turn the pages Back
but time will not allow
The way these days just rip along
too fast to last,
too vast, too
strong

Somewhere
something went wrong
or maybe we forgot the song
Make room for my forty-fives
along your seventy-eights
Nothing survives -
but the way we live
our lives

Here come
those tears again
just when I was getting over you
Just when I was going to make it thru
another night without
missing you
Thinking
I might just be strong enough
after all
When I hear
your footsteps echoing
in the hall

Baby
here we stand again
where we've been so many times before
Even though you looked so sure
as I was watching you
walking out my door
But you always walk back in
like you did today
acting like you never even
Went away

Well
I don't know
if I can open up
and let you in baby

Here
come
those tears
again

I can
hear you telling me
how you needed to be free
and you had some Things to work out alone
Now you're standing here telling
me how you have
grown

Here come
those tears again
now you'll tell me how
to hold them in

Some other time baby
when I'm strong and I'm feeling fine maybe
When I can look at you without crying
you might look like a
friend of mine
But I don't know
if I can open up enough
to let you in
Here come those tears again
so just walk away
I'm going back inside
and turning out the light
and I'll be in the dark
But you'll be
out of
sight

You see
So many loved ones have gone by now
I never really knew them
well enough at all
Fathers
mothers brothers sisters
Girlfriends boyfriends
& acquaintances
Only lonely children
are left behind
with countless sorrows
Trying to forget
the burdens of the past
In a new way
A new
day

I
never knew
life could be that hard
Not really so long ago we were all jumping
in the high grass under the sun
Now all flowers of those days
have gone
And what's left for us
are dried up colors
of the past

Still
we'll never forget you
wherever you are
Hoping you still see us
with your gladness
in our eyes

Sure
that your kindness
stays in our
hearts

Gaby
Cecilia
Mary Jeanny
Nurit Susan Esther
Dvorah Mirjam Gaya
Yossi Naty
Sushmah

Milano
Parma Pireus Yafo
Bat Yam
Be'eri Cheftsibah
Har El Yod Fat
Kfar Shmariyahu
Nocera Inferiore
Susan Ajay
we will forever play
together in

Heaven's
open spaces
Where we know everyone
and all know us
as god's own angels
Imaginary
maybe but nevertheless
As real
as can be

The seeds
of the past are growing up today
And today's flowering is
Tomorrow's
seed

Again
and again and
Again
...

Without
Really ever
Ending
.