Song Description

This song is about my lifelong friendship with fabulous musician Michael Barnett and the my thoughts and feelings of losing a friend and musical partner. RIP Mike!

Lyrics

My friend went home today
from a place so far away
now their light forever shines

we were tough i must admit
there were times we wanted to quit
but like they say, life goes on

so many years were they enough?
sometimes it felt like we didn't show up
We took a stand and called your bluff

I try to make some sense of it all
but sometimes life can feel so small
you can't wait till it's gone
you gotta take life on
Take life on

before it's gone
(now i want to get it back
and stay on the inside track)

on many nights i have this dream
about some crazy music scene
me and my friend play on till dawn
we always tried to live
all the music that we had to give
and be ourselves, in our own skin


we always saw a ray of hope
all our dreams could go up in smoke
somehow we found a way to cope

I try to make some sense of it all
but sometimes life can feel so small
you can't wait till it's gone
you gotta take life on
Take life on

I think about the end of time
that place where light forever shines
today, my friend, had to go
I look out my window every day
i'm looking out at the empty bay
The water's smooth but my friend won't
row by