For J

Blatantly imagine the turn you could have taken
purposely compose those pictures in your mind
I cannot forget the places I have traveled
you are very lucky that you can leave those thoughts behind

Once upon a long-lost time I tried to please the crowd
but they never noticed I was there
You had hoped that things would work out differently than this
now somehow you've learned how not to care

That night is gone and I've gone away
You're just a thought- I didn't ask you to stay
and I'm thinking about later on...
I don't care what happened yesterday
no regrets...

Now you're older and seem colder than you treated me
The sands of time fall faster than you do
I have seen you stumble and grasp for surrounding air
Just another memory to forget to you.

That night is gone and I've gone away
You're just a thought - didn't ask you to stay
and I'm thinking about later on...
I don't care what happened yesterday
no regrets...

Think back to the time, do you want to move on?
My strength comes from today and not from yesterday...

That night is gone and I've gone away
You're just a thought - didn't ask you to stay
and I'm thinking about later on...
I don't care what happened yesterday
no regrets...

I'm not going back, my throne is right here waiting
the King of my own world I plan to be
Do I miss the past as much as I miss summer?
Without the winter chill my soul is free.
July 7, 1998