NEVER ME

words and music by Lenny Solomon

It's now late in the evening, the weather has gone cold.
The wind seeps in through the window sash, around the room does roam.
Sitting in my easy chair, covered with a throw;
Peaking out at winter's night, looking for the snow.

Wondering where there's life tonight, for I feel a world apart;
A disconnected journeyman, who wants a brand new start.
I wish I knew the lessons, of what the years did bring;
Before I ever hit this road, where I lost everything.

But the tires went flat on my Cadillac, my clock ran out of time;
My number hit, but I lost the slip, I couldn't cash a dime.
When the fire burnt my bridges, it fit me to a tee,
It was always something, but it was never me.

Years ago by the river, on a warm spring afternoon;
The clouds were dancing in the sky, celebrating June.
And fire was in my belly, love was in my heart;
Confidence was in my soul, I never thought we'd part.

But warm winds are so fickle, they come then disappear.
You can't predict your weather, for a day much less a year.
I turned my head as if to see, the future by my side;
But when my eyes looked straight ahead, I was stranded by the tide.

Thinking about distances and all that I don't know;
I shake my head in disbelief, the notion hurts me so.
These pieces of a puzzle, look all the same to me,
Can't conceive of how they fit, together, naturally.

So I look out the window now, into the great unknown;
My spirit's getting poorer, and is looking for a loan.
Would be a treat to see you, and whisper out your name,
And remember beauty, and forget the blame.