Once when I was thirty-one

I woke in the dead of night

And heard the vastness of the snowfall outside

Slipped downstairs in my bare feet

Soon forgotten freezing

And poured a milk glass full

To wait out the tide


It's been a decade and one

Been a decade and one my friend

Decade and one

Since i've


As the white went down

I thought of the child upstairs

I thought of the god upstairs

That I couldn't believe

I thought of the chosen man

Asleep on his side of the bed

How green becomes wood in the family tree


Been a decade and one

Been a decade and one so soon

Decade and one

Since i stood so proud

And so unsure


Ebony glowing by the window there

As always

Fingers kissed the keys oh so tenderly

Cool ivory returned in kind

I thought of anger and adulation

And the taste of dreams realized

And the waste dreams realized leave behind


Decade and one

Decade and one

I said out loud


Decade and one

And I am here

And I am here still standing