For the Life of Me

for Jerry Kessler

this here nightcap ain’t for nursin’

as the Spirits here in person

hold the portal open wide,

wide, wide, wide

*

it’s no time now for rehearsin’

off the cuff and through the curtains

in their velvet arms I ride,

ride, ride, ride

*

and I remember for the life of me

what it’s like to be here together

and I remember for the life of me

as I fly to be with forever,

forever, forever, forever

*

bye bye birthday boy

sail out on a jag of joy

ship ahoy, my true surreal McCoy

I’ll be on my way back when

off to make a long lost friend

dreamin’ up a life of dreams again

singin’ through my life of songs again

*

all the seas there for the sailin’

all the waves there for the wavin’

so many breakers in the tide,

tide, tide, tide

*

all the eyes there for the seein’

all the souls there for the bein’

so much love to live inside

inside, inside, inside

*

and I remember for the life of me

what it’s like to be here together

and I remember for the life of me

as I fly to be with forever,

forever, forever, forever

*

bye bye birthday boy

sail out on a jag of joy

ship ahoy, my true surreal McCoy

I’ll be on my way back when

off to make a long lost friend

dreamin’ up a life of dreams again

singin’ through my life of songs again

(words and music ©️2011 by Michael Scott Langley)