Subject Ode to Successful Friends
DateCreated 11/27/2006 6:15:00 PM
PostedDate 11/27/2006 6:10:00 PM
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my life is made of many stories
and so far not one ends

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