What if I’m past the past now What if I’m now, just done with it all Do I get a break and get to change everyone’s mind About what I’d done before I asked What if I’m past the past now How come all the memories around me are longer than mine How come there ain’t no distance between the last time I did right and wrong That I couldn’t fair myself right for measurement Don’t they all have bad steps too Ain’t they got some day they can’t take away What if I’m past the past now What if I, somehow, just moved on Shouldn’t everyone have to hang on Just kind’a move along Without worrying ‘bout what ball I threw to begin with Where would it go anyway Would it fall in some yard, or on some roof, that I don’t ever get to retrieve it from I can’t be that, can I be that done What if I’m past that now What if my, ‘what if it’s’ are all just simply done now Do I get a break and get to change everyone’s mind

Sept/08