Patchwork Quilt

I never knew you, but then who really did?

If you were at all like me, you managed to keep yourself hid

A patchwork quilt of life, memories embroidered on your soul

So please forgive me for putting you in my song

But the spirit she moves me, in fact she pushes me along

It's a patchwork quilt of life, can't stop the river, just let it roll

We were at Jones Beach when we got the word

Saddest sound I've ever heard

The bluest note that nobody could play

Ravens sang with us that night on the stage

Tears of sadness, tears of rage

Nobody spoke, we all felt old and in the way

So walk beside me, or above me, I don't know

These days it sure seems I'm lost wherever I go

"God how could you?" I heard somebody say

"What do we do with our lives now anyway?"

Now that our north star can no longer be found

There's a banjo moon in a tie-dyed sky

Hippies dance and babies cry

Church bells ring as a silver haired angel looks down

And the blood of this music runs through the veins of our guitars

Bright lights, dark stars

I never knew you, but then who really did?

If you were at all like me, you managed to keep yourself hid