Did you reach for God and find love

Did you see heaven and return

Why

Today I left the world

love once again

Today it is lonesome

looking for a friend

Age has taken the toll

 burned the core to the soul

Slipping to the light of dying

 out of mind seeking sight

Drinking to the dawn of salvation

who said the world was round

It is flat with bumps

I know cause I keep falling down

Who is the man reaching for my soul

Who is taking the pain before the gold

Why

Shadow in the streets

 night trouble seeks

another fight

Work the seedy

parts of a place

to rest my head

coffin is but empty dead

Silver lady keeps me

 on the dime

 I am a good time

Charlie

Seeking the lady-killer

she dances on my soul

one more time

words just dump

to the page seeking 

 forgetting every warning heard

last of the libation

rolls off my tongue 

smiles fill the drab eyes

Which man

takes the pain

from the bottle

Which of you

has tasted love 

died for it

why

Today I staggered

on the long shadow

of me in help mode

searching me

Keeping the idea

of being a dreamer

to yourself

all it ever did

was hurt to be free

Life goes forward

with me in the pilot seat

of the turning 

the moving sea

All is free

to the holder

of the dream

lost in the wave

moving for eternity

No fear escapes

forever just lingers

in the wicked corners

of lost time

With a touch of sorrow

I move from yesterday

to today 

the burn dissipates