EARLY ONSET

WALKING IN THE WHITE LIGHT LOOKING FOR AN ANSWER
THINKING I'D REMEMBER ~ FORGETTING THAT I EVEN HAD A QUESTION

IMAGES I TRY TO GRASP FLASH BY~ LIKE FANNING PAGES OF A BOOK
IMAGES MISTAKENLY MISTOOK FOR HAVING THOUGHT I HAD A LIFE 
SUDDENLY FEELING THIS IS ALL SOME KIND OF DREAM AND THAT I'LL SOON AWAKE AND FIND THE GROUND BACK UNDER ME

WHITE LIGHT ~ COLD NIGHT
I CAN BARELY BREATHE
WHITE LIGHT ~ COLD NIGHT
I BETTER NOT BELIEVE
WHITE LIGHT ~ COLD NIGHT
IT IS BETTER NOT TO GRIEVE

SHAKE ME IF YOU MUST BUT EVERYTHING IS FINE
I AM ONLY STARING INTO WHAT IS GLARINGLY MINE
AND WHAT IS MINE IS WHAT I SEE AND NOT SOME FORGOTTEN MEMORY
AND WHAT I SEE IS ONLY WHITE AND IT'S THE LIGHT THAT'S BLINDING ME 
AND IT IS SAYING WHAT IT WAS AND ALL IT IS IS ONLY A REFLECTION
IT NEVER MATTER'S WHAT YOU DO OR WHAT YOU DON'T WHILE YOU ARE HERE ~ FOR YOU AND I WILL SIMPLY FADE INTO THE LIGHT

WHITE LIGHT ~ COLD NIGHT
I CAN BARELY BREATHE
WHITE LIGHT ~ COLD NIGHT
IT IS BETTER NOT TO GRIEVE

WHITE LIGHT ~ COLD NIGHT
I CAN BARELY BREATHE
WHITE LIGHT ~ COLD NIGHT
IT IS BETTER NOT TO GRIEVE 
FOR I AM LOST IN YESTERDAY
AND I AM WALKING IN THE WHITE LIGHT THAT YOU AND I WILL ALL BECOME
AND I AM THANKFUL JUST FOR WATCHING AS MY COLORS START TO RUN AND I AM BACK WITH YOU

DEMENTIA

I'VE BEEN THINKIN' BOUT THE PAST AND HOW SOME THINGS FADE AND SOME THINGS LAST
AND I REMEMBERED A ROSE I'D HUNG IN THE DARK
HOPING I'D FIND IT TO MAYBE LIGHT A SPARK
HOPING I MIGHT REMEMBER YOUR FACE
BUT WHY I WAS IN THAT DARKENED PLACE ?

RUNNING FROM THERE I TRIPPED AND FELL
I WONDERED ALOUD AND SAID 'WHAT THE HELL'?
'WHY AM I HERE'? 'WAS THERE SOMETHING I'D NEED'? 'SOMETHING FOR SOMETHING ~ FOR SOME KIND OF DEED'?

BACK IN MY CHAIR IN THE LIVING ROOM I LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW ~ FINDING PEACE IN THE TREES
FUNNY THING FINDING PEACE IN THE TREES
THEN ~ THERE I WAS ~ DOWN ON MY KNEES
LOOKING FOR SOMETHING ~ LOOKING FOR KEYS 
I THINK IT WAS KEYS ~ IT HAD TO BE KEYS ~ WHAT THE HELL ELSE COULD IT BE?

WHERE THE FUCK IS MY TIE ~ I NEED MY TIE ~ HAVE TO HAVE MY TIE
I CAN'T GO TO WORK WITHOUT MY TIE!
WHY DID SHE DIE ~ HUH? WHY DID SHE DIE? SHE LEFT ME ALONE ~ SHE LEFT ME HERE ~ WENT ON HER MERRY OLD WAY
LEFT ME A ROSE ~ THAT SHE DID ~ I REMEMBER A ROSE ~ A BEAUTIFUL ROSE ~ LEFT TO DRY
WHERE IS THAT ROSE? THOUGHT I SAW THAT ROSE
CAN YOU HELP ME LOOK? I NEED TO FIND THAT ROSE ~ OH, WHY DID SHE DIE? SHE WOULD KNOW JUST WHERE TO FIND THAT ROSE

CHILDREN ARE LAUGHING ~ COME TO SING AND PLAY ~ MAKING ME SMILE ON THIS GLORIOUS DAY

WHO IS THAT MAN? MAKE HIM STOP ALL THAT NOISE! I CAN'T HARDLY THINK WITH THAT DAMNED FUCKING NOISE!
GET THESE PEOPLE OUT OF HERE ~ I DIDN'T INVITE THEM ~ I DON'T WANT THEM HERE!
WHERE AM I GOING ~ DO WE HAVE TO GO VERY FAR?

SITTING HERE ~ LOOKING AT TREES ~ FINDING PEACE IN THE TREES ~ FUNNY THING FINDING PEACE IN THE TREES ~ FUNNY THING ~ I REMEMBER A ROSE
I REMEMBER A ROSE ~ BUT NOT HER FACE ~ JUST NOT HER FACE
DON'T TELL YOUR MOTHER ~ BUT ~ I CAN'T REMEMBER HER FACE

CHILDREN ARE LAUGHING ~ COME TO SING AND PLAY ~ MAKING ME SMILE ON THIS GLORIOUS DAY

CRASHING BACK

"TWEETER AND THE MONKEY MAN"
"KIKO AND THE LAVENDER MOON"
"IT'S ALL COMING BACK TO ME NOW"

"MIDNIGHT RIDER" "MOONLIGHT GAMBLER"
"BACK DOOR MAN"
"PRAYING FOR TIME" "HELPLESSLY HOPING" "SNEAKIN' UP ON YOU"

"NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN" "VOICES IN THE SKY" "WATCHING AND WAITING" "NEVER COMES THE DAY"

"WALKING ON BROKEN GLASS" "DAZED AND CONFUSED"
"ALWAYS CRASHING IN THE SAME CAR"
"FOREVER AND FOR... " "ALWAYS CRASHING IN THE SAME CAR"

"BROKEN ARROW" "HEART IN HAND"
"BROKEN ENGLISH" "INNOCENT MAN"
"HEARTLESS" "HELPLESS" "HALLELUJAH"
"EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS IS NOWHERE"

"WALKING ON THIN ICE" "DAZED AND CONFUSED"
"STUCK INSIDE OF MOBILE (WITH THE MEMPHIS BLUES AGAIN)"

"WALKING ON BROKEN GLASS" "LOVE IS A LOSING GAME"
"WALKING ON THIN ICE" "BACK ON THE CHAIN GANG" "WHISPERING YOUR NAME"

"I REMEMBER (WALKING IN THE SAND)" "DANCING BAREFOOT" "FEELIN' ALRIGHT" "ALMOST SATURDAY NIGHT"
"THOSE WERE THE DAYS" "TALKIN' BOUT A REVOLUTION" "TANGO IN THE NIGHT" "BLINDED BY THE LIGHT"

"MIDNIGHT RIDER" "MOONLIGHT GAMBLER" "BACK DOOR MAN" "HELPLESSLY HOPING" "PRAYING FOR TIME" "ALWAYS CRASHING IN THE SAME CAR"

"TWEETER AND THE MONKEY MAN" " KIKO AND THE LAVENDER MOON" "IT'S ALL COMING BACK TO ME NOW"

LIGHTENING IN A BOTTLE

YOUR SMILE IS THE REASON I FOLLOWED YOU DOWN
LOVE IS THE REASON THAT I'M STILL AROUND
WE DIDN'T HAVE MUCH BUT IT WAS ALL THAT WE'D NEED TO START A NEW LIFE ~ ANYWHERE IT WOULD LEAD

NO ONE BEFORE EVER GOT ME ~ TIL YOU
NO ONE BEFORE HAD EVER STUCK BY YOU

TOGETHER WE MOVED THROUGH SPACE AND TIME
LEAVING THE PAST AND ALL OTHER'S BEHIND
YOU TAUGHT ME COMPASSION AND SOCIAL GRACE
YOU TAUGHT ME PATIENCE AND SAVING FACE
YOU TAUGHT ME THAT ANGER HAD NO PLACE 
IN A COMFORTING HOME AND IN OUR SAFE SPACE

THERE WERE SOFT CELL DAYS AND SOME CHRIS ISAAC HAYES 
BLUE ANGEL, BRUCE, BONDS AND STONES ~ NOT TO MENTION THE BOULDERS IN OUR FRONT YARD
SOME LAUGHTER AND TEARS AND SHIFTING BONES 
SUCCESSES AND FAILURES AND MOVING ON
SWEET MEMORIES OF OF FRIENDS THAT HAVE COME AND GONE

PEARL PAINT, PEARL RIVER, "MEMPHIS... where the hell is Memphis"?
CHEAP TRICK, "CHEAP THRILLS" "I'M SORRY (But So Is Brenda Lee)"
I WAS POSITIVE AND YOU WERE SURE THAT NOTHING WOULD CHANGE
IT WAS LIGHTENING IN A BOTTLE 
A LOVE THAT IS RARE AND NOT AT ALL STRANGE

NO ONE BEFORE EVER GOT ME ~ TIL YOU
NO ONE BEFORE HAD EVER STUCK BY YOU

YOUR SMILE IS THE REASON I FOLLOWED YOU DOWN
LOVE IS THE REASON THAT I'M STILL AROUND
WE DIDN'T HAVE MUCH BUT IT WAS ALL THAT WE'D NEED TO START A NEW LIFE ~ ANYWHERE IT WOULD LEAD

"THEY" SAY LIGHTENING NEVER STRIKES THE SAME PLACE TWICE! "THEY" ARE TOTALLY WRONG ~ THIS BEING OUR FORTIETH YEAR, I CAN SAFELY SAY... YOU GOT ME ~ I GOT THIS... AND TOGETHER WE ARE LIGHTENING IN A BOTTLE!