Carried for So Long Lyrics

There must have come a time

In my father's verve

Where realization of his life turned another page

Where he saw from his failing health

And him getting older

That he would never again step out on the stage

His heart must have been broken

As he slumped deeper in his chair

A captive prisoner

To the frailties of old age

Gazing blankly at but not watching or hearing the TV

Humming a Broadway tune of some long forgotten song

Letting the life slowly, painfully seep out of that dream

That dream

He had carried

For so long

Don't go

Don't leave me here all alone

I have loved you with all my talents and time

Don't go

Maybe someone is yet out there

looking for what I still have

What I've been working on

For all of my life

And here am I

Catching up with my father

Not so footloose or fancy free

Seeing time flying by, while I'm still not quite ready

As the parade passes by,... and celebrating without me

And I question why I keep on doing this thing I do

For a flawed ambition that may never come to be

But when I wake in the morning with an awareness

And reach for my guitar to create a new song

I'm foolish enough to believe

It could still happen

That dream

I have carried

For so long

Don't go

Don't leave me here all alone

I have loved you with all my talents and time

Don't go

Maybe someone is yet out there

Looking for what I still have

What I've been working on

For all of my life