gets too tough to keep the tears from my eyes
sometimes
when I think of all those I've ruined
and all those stained-handed handshakes
I've never gotten over
singing 'Old Man' with drunks
near Woodall-Rogers freeway
kissed a sad lady two times
but was on way too much Ecstasy
sailboating down Turtle Creek
high on youth and insanity
insane enough as youth makes you
and sane enough to know
how to be free
find rivers instead of creeks
oceans instead of seas
and be stronger inside
if you have to be
than the thickest
California Redwood tree...