Waste
By Thomas Geraghty
My whole life
I tried to be the man I need to be
But it just seems
That it’s always eluded me
Even though I try real hard
Something gets into my way
So now I have to break free
Before I fade away
Oh no, don’t fade away
In my early days
I lived my life just running wild
Running from the truth
Running from the fear
Day to day I’d walk around
In a hazy cloud of smoke
So I’d take another toke
And I’d cough until I choked
Oh no, don’t waste it all away
Lord help me now
To get it back together again
I don’t want to live this way
But I want to live forever amen
Lord help me now
To get it back together again
What a waste
I missed my golden opportunities
How much different
My life should really be
Should have laid down the rules
Should have studied hard at school
I was just fooling myself
Going around thinking I was cool
Oh no, I was just a fool
I’m much older now
And things just are not the same
And I thank God
That I haven’t gone insane
Cause when you’re young and invincible
And you think you know it all
Later on you realize
You knew nothing at all.
Oh no, I know nothing at all.
Lord help me now
To get it back together again
I don’t want to live this way
But I want to live forever amen
Lord help me now
To get it back together again
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Written in July of 2001.
A tragic tale of self-inflicted, unfulfilled dreams.
I am thinking that some of you can relate.
Tom