this one is straight from my heart

to all of my successful friends

ode... to successful friends

you may be disappointed

you had high hopes for me

and I didn't fit in to your plan

of what success should be

I never meant to lose touch

I just could not live your way

it may be right for you and everyone else

that's not for me to say

the life I live is far from home

and without family

and no one shares my illusion

so I'm always lonely

so I live on the hope
that I am not alone
and we will come together someday

and I live on the love
that your god is made of
and on that path I will stay

I've tried fitting in your world

I've tried walking your line

but it leaves me unsatisfied

for your way is not mine

maybe I have no common sense

I'm not saying you are wrong
I'm just saying all I know of your world
tells me it's not where I belong

when John Lennon imagined

we could put an end to war
many cheered and believed in him
many asked for more

but what if things were different

I mean, what if he was poor

would his dream have been heard

it's easy to ignore

the voices of the hungry
the failures in your mind
and I can only wonder

what made your love so blind

I live on the hope
that I am not alone
and we will come together someday

I live on the love
that your god is made of
and on that path I will stay

I won't get in your way

maybe you don't understand

how I can walk away

from what you call opportunity

that's not for me to say

I still love you just as much
as I did on our best day

and that is what is right for me

and on that path I will stay

the life I live calls everywhere home

everyone is family

and no one shares my illusion

so I'm always lonely

so I live on the hope
that I am not alone
and we will come together someday

and I live for the love
that your god is made of
and on that path I will stay