DIRT NAP By Tom Jensen
Can you tell me when this ride is going to end?
I've been a passenger in this car
Going from here to there both near and far
I've been a prisoner of my own device
Not the way I planned it being stranded for my entire life
Just what exactly would you recommend?
What type of direction would you give
Which track goes back to the past so that I can relive
The last two decades of my life
Then I would be ten again and I'd seek alternative advice
Is that possible would you tell me my friend?
Still I haven't given up and I haven't yet given in
I've just thrown all of my fears up into the wind
No more living off of the cuff I’ve finally had enough
Of playing the game not to lose rather than win
When my life is over my heart stops beating and I am dead
There won't be any regrets hanging above my deathbed
When my time finally expires I won't be buried a liar
No one will have said that I just sat there scratching my head
For finally I'll have followed through on all the things I've said
Sure, I've been victimized by time but it wasn't by design
And I am still paying the penance yet never have committed the crime
The jury never heard a single one of my words
When they said I was guilty they're were all lying
The cloud of misery that has shadowed me
And the negativity that used to travel through me
I used to think it would unravel me
Especially when the judge threw his gavel at me
But now everything is fine...
For I haven't given up and I haven't yet given in
I've just thrown all of my fears up into the wind
No more living off of the cuff I’ve finally had enough
Of playing the game not to lose rather than win
When my life is over my heart stops beating and I am dead
There won't be any regrets hanging above my deathbed
When my time finally expires I won't be buried a liar
And no one will have said that I just sat there scratching my head
For finally I'll have followed through on all the things I've said
And with that I'll take a long dirt nap and see what lies ahead...