One more lonely night
it might be livelier tomorrow
probably not
I'm getting on

who do I live for?
someone asked me once
could I put my guitar down forever?
why would I have to do that?
got to find a tune my own
moving through this quiet storm

one love,
and everyone's trying to define it for me
one life,
is it mine or yours or everybody's?

what do I live for?
there's an undetermined "top"
that everybody's aiming for
and when we get there
those will be the good days (ha)
those will be the dreams and blues
and poems of love
that everybody loves to hear

one voice,
and everybody's trying to talk it for me
one life,
is it mine or yours or everybody's?

and when you tell me
that it's all for me to do with
as I please
and then walk out on me
and tell me "go ahead",
you're killing me!

I know you care, I know you love
I know you want to hide me
from the pain of life.
but can the teachings of this school
bring me more than the materials
of man?

one place,
and everybody's trying to find it for me
one life,
it is mine for you and everybody
I need,
a helping word
a believing somebody

© 1997 Mark Stonehocker