Here Comes Life Again

Here Comes Life Again
C. Barrett-Bryan

Down, my smile is turned, like a clown with a frown
Depressed, in my eyes you can tell that I’ve cried
Alone, with pain, anger, hate and disappointments
Uncertainty about a future, with no drive
And no will to survive

Missing you, my son, no word from your mom
Without you, she’s shot me through the heart, without a gun
Want to get drunk? Sure. Want to get high? Sure
But it doesn’t help as these are just a few of life’s many lies

Somehow, I’ve got to release this pain inside
My friends, they say new love is what I’ve got to find
That I must go on, must be strong, find someone new to hold on to
And if I should be so lucky, will I be up to it
Because there’s no guarantee, that at any time love will fit

At this point in my life, as I look back on years gone by
What have I accomplished and more to the point
Am I happy with whom I have become?
Where do I stand?
On which side of the fence

Have I been someone who watches and wonders?
Instead of someone who makes things happen
And if the former be true, can one call it living
How much pain and suffering must the people endure?
Before we all can live a life that is free 

No longer can we stand, for the evil from man to man
Forward forever, backward never, freedom now
Not one minute longer
That is my rallying cry, for those in places
Under the thumb of one man
No longer must we be witness to brutality in any land

With these words, I will now take my leave
Though it may not sound like it
In my heart I know we will survive
We must all push on, because
Here Comes Life Again