Minding What Matters Along the way it gets so existential So you notice though it always was Gets pretty real here along toward the end When lots of things I thought were not essential Got essential after all because Falling what mattered was calling a friend When it all shattered wondering what It mattered understanding it did not Shattered a friend is what mattered then Late in the season listening to reason More than before though late in the day Never mind forever now find how to Get what gets to get through a change of season Letting it rearrange you get who You are what you got so far anyway Minding what matters late in the game Finding a friend to remember your name If you are lucky like I have been Steven Curtis Lance