winter cooking

winter cooking

soups and stews

freshly baked bread

will have to do

December kitchen

coffee brewed

toast and jam

breakfast for you

winter cooking

it's just begun

nutmeg and sage

cinnamon

kids and cookies

they decorate

don't eat too much

stomach ache

winter cooking

pineapple and cloves

tamales reheated

on the stove

lots of snacks

with lots of cheese

some of that

and some of these

winter cooking

lots of fun

enough food

for everyone

break out the wine

pour the beer

I like it best

this time of year

busy day

I had a busy day

woke up and drank my coffee

went to work and came home

and now I am here

in front of my computer

catching up with the world

and all its problems and worries

all the things that I fear

after a while, I'll go to bed

a couple of pillows to rest my head

and for those of you

keeping score

tomorrow will be like

the day before

and at some point I will say

I've had a busy day

and it will be just like today

except it isn't

tine has moved

and I have not

all the days I spend

are days I've forgot

it doesn't matter anyway

I had a busy day

to be with you

I'm standing here waiting

anticipating

you to walk on by

I'm going through it

I can do it

we can make it if we try

trouble moves through midtown traffic

trying to get in our way

but we are tripping the light fantastic

we're living for today

can't you see

you were meant for me

to be with you

2021

I've got my cap on backwards

and I look like shit

and, brother, that is not

the worst of it

bought my son a shotgun

he tore up his school

it was their fault

for enforcing the rules

          Lord have mercy

          ain't we having fun

          this is life in 2021

the year's almost over

it's going to be through

and there's so much

we didn't do

so much for health,

equality and free speech

there's so much trouble

bubbling down beneath

          Lord have mercy

          don't say we've just begun

          this is life in 2021

war and famine

a woman's right to choose

drugs and violence

front page news

so much for this year

it's going to be in the past

the most I can say is

it's better than last

          Lord have mercy

          it's hard being number one

          this is life in 2021

you will always be young (rewrite 1)

too many candles

too many cakes

too many worries

too many mistakes

don't look in the mirror

don't think about your age

no matter what happens

you're turning the page

          you will always be young

          you will always be young

you once were a child

my, how you've grown

so much has happened

since you left your home

all that crying and moaning

it's a natural fact

but you've got something inside you

you always bounce back

          you will always be young

          you will always be young

          

          time moves slowly as you float downstream

          it happens only if you're lost inside a dream

too many candles

too many cakes

you'll get there

no matter how long it takes

so it's off to the future

wherever it may lead

I hope that you find

exactly what you need

          you will always be young

          you will always be young

          you will always be young

          you will always be young

you will always be young

too many candles

too many cakes

too many worries

too many mistakes

don't look in the mirror

don't think about your age

no matter what happens

you're turning the page

          you will always be young

          you will always be young

you once were a child

my, how you've grown

so much has happened

since you left your home

all the pain and hard times

that's a natural fact

but there's something inside you

you always bounce back

          you will always be young

          you will always be young

          

          time moves slowly as you float downstream

          it happens only if you're lost inside a dream

too many candles

too many cakes

you'll get there

no matter how long it takes

so it's off to the future

where it may lead

someday you will find

exactly what you need

          you will always be young

          you will always be young

          you will always be young

          you will always be young

standing up

trouble hanging around my door

I don't need you anymore

you've won this time

you've knocked me down

but soon you won't be hanging 'round

'cause I know what's been going wrong

you have told your lies for way too long

          I've fallen but I'm standing up

          I've fallen but I'm standing up

          I've fallen but I'm standing up

          and I'm standing on solid ground

you've knocked me down and laid me low

I had nowhere else to go

but I can't go back to before

'cause I don;t need you anymore

i'm telling you, I've had enough

'cause I am made of stronger stuff

          I've fallen but I'm standing up...

someday I'll look back and laugh

happy on my own behalf

every mistake that I have made

every dept I've left unpaid

I'll accept them all and more

when I find what I'm looking for

          I've fallen but I'm standing up...