How much of the shattered past can be rebuilt?
We had to cancel all our gigs.
Will we be able to jam in the backyard?
We had to cancel all our gigs.
Will we be able to jam in the backyard?
Ain’t it hard, ain’t it hard, ain’t it hard
to walk away and say, Thanks for the figs!
not counting on the past to be rebuilt.
to walk away and say, Thanks for the figs!
not counting on the past to be rebuilt.
Sifting through the past's old dust and silt,
living in the crater that the hundred-
thousand-ton covid-bomb left in the yard,
living in the crater that the hundred-
thousand-ton covid-bomb left in the yard,
plus thirteen blocks of Lake Street burned.
My plans didn’t have a leg
to stand on. The past can’t be rebuilt—
My plans didn’t have a leg
to stand on. The past can’t be rebuilt—
I’ll take a dagger to the heart,
or walk through life on wooden pegs—
NOT!—We’ll jam in the backyard
or walk through life on wooden pegs—
NOT!—We’ll jam in the backyard
maybe (if we want to), I’m not sure yet.
The glass is drained—forget the dregs
I can’t rebuild the past out of its shards,
but someday we may jam in the backyard.
The glass is drained—forget the dregs
I can’t rebuild the past out of its shards,
but someday we may jam in the backyard.
