March 5, 2022 – Written 161 days after the last poem, started as a romance/70s Broadway-style ballad, someone separated from someone else, but it has some wartime overtones (or aging parent overtones). This was written during the Russian invasion of the Ukraine – war song? I included guitar chords, the tune is pretty repetitive. I have a couple of rough recordings, but I will try to do a clean one in the morning to flesh out the melody. I need someone who can sing to sing it.
| G D | I sit here thinking of yesterday, |
| G D | I sit, wishing the pain would go away. |
| C G | I try, wondering how to move on, |
| G D | Alone with my thoughts and singing this song. |
| GD | I know, the next day is tomorrow, |
| GD | I know, I must move past this sorrow, |
| C G | I will find the strength to move on, |
| G D | Alone in the night, I sing till the dark is gone… |
| D G C | Somewhere across forever, |
| C D | Sometime who knows what we’ll find. |
| C G | There’s a place where we’re together, |
| G D | Some-when where you are still mine. |
| D G C | Somewhere across whenever, |
| C D | Sublime through the vast of time. |
| C G | Alive, not if or whether, |
| G D | Again trapped in the depths of my mind… |
| G D | I sit in the dark and wonder where you are, |
| G D | I sit alone thinking of you from afar, |
| C G | These, these thoughts and memories don’t belong, |
| G D | I don’t want to forget, even though I know they are wrong… |
| D G C | I lost happily ever after, |
| C D | I wish I could find it again, |
| C G | I know returning is never, |
| G D | I hope this is not the end. |
| D G C | I lost all hope and I never, |
| C D | Could wish for the pain to end, |
| C G | I know it is the measure, |
| G D | Of my willingness to pretend… |
| D G C | Because somewhere across forever, |
| C D | Sublime set in the past of time, |
| C G | There was a time when we were together… |
| G D G | …a time when you were mine. |
I sit here thinking of yesterday.
I sit, wishing the pain would go away.
I try, wondering how to move on,
Alone with my thoughts and singing this song.
I know, the next day is tomorrow,
I know, I must move past this sorrow,
I will find the strength to move on,
Alone in the night, I sing till the dark is gone…
Somewhere across forever,
Sometime, who knows what we’ll find.
There’s a place where we’re together,
Some-when where you are still mine.
Somewhere across whenever,
Sublime through the vast of time,
Alive, not if or whether,
Again, trapped in the depths of my mind.
I sit in the dark and wonder where you are,
I sit alone thinking of you from afar,
These, these thoughts and memories don’t belong,
I don’t want to forget, even though I know they are wrong.
I lost happily ever after,
I wish I could find it again.
I know returning is never,
I hope this is not the end…
I lost all hope and I never,
Could wish for the pain to end.
I know it is the measure,
Of my willingness to pretend.
Because, somewhere across forever,
Sublime, set in the past of time.
There was, a time when we were together…
…a time when you were mine,