Decade And One

Once when I was thirty-one I woke in the dead of night And heard the vastness of the snowfall outside Slipped downstairs in my bare feet Soon forgotten freezing And poured a milk gla*s full To wait out the tide It's been a decade and one Been a decade and one my friend Decade and one Since i've As the white went down I thought of the child upstairs I thought of the god upstairs That I couldn't believe I thought of the chosen man Asleep on his side of the bed How green becomes wood in the family tree Been a decade and one Been a decade and one so soon Decade and one Since i stood so proud And so unsure Ebony glowing by the window there As always Fingers kissed the keys oh so tenderly Cool ivory returned in kind I thought of anger and adulation And the taste of dreams realized And the waste dreams realized leave behind Decade and one Decade and one I said out loud Decade and one And I am here And I am here still standing