Eulogy

Spent my life looking for the Truth
Did I pass it somewhere within my youth?
Behind a door I didn't take
'Cause now it seems it's all too late

There was a girl with whom I used to go
Spent two years just trying to know
The secrets hidden within her soul
Marrying her was my only goal

(God knows where she is now...)

I always thought I'd serve the Truth
Yet I daydreamed somewhere within my youth
It seems somehow it passed me by
As I gazed at the clouds floating by in the sky

I remember the time when I challenged God
Boy was I a fiery sod
And when I had the courage to let Him win
My challenge suddenly became a sin

I only hoped to serve the Truth
I was just another idealistic youth
But was it just fools bait at the end of a rod
When I embraced the idea of fearing God?

So many friends and so many paths
So many nights on the Village tracks
Rock and Roll and party late
And get this man another date

And don't slow down and don't confine
And guard your conscience but free your mind
And seek the meaning behind life's veils
And never listen to the masses hails

And trust your Spirit and follow your heart
And see the world around you coming apart
And feel the conflict within your Soul
And take another hit out of the bowl

And run through the streets in a drunken craze
And cherish your nights and get through the days
And push through every sealed door
And hate the rich, but pity the poor

And try so hard to make no mistakes
And take all the chances there are to take
Yet for all you experienced and came to know
You wound up in a corner with nowhere left to go

Spend your life dying for the Truth
It lasts as long as you keep your youth
Yet as soon as life forces you to grow old
Truth just becomes a product to be bought and sold

And suddenly life is dark and cold