IT TOOK ME LONGER

I STARTED WALKING HERE
IN THE 60'S
BEFORE THE BEATLES
OR ROLLING STONES
I WAS ON THE STREETS
OF HOLLYWOOD
GAZING AT THE LIGHTS
AND DREAMING

DREAMING
THE BIG DREAM
GONNA GET MY NAME
UP IN THOSE LIGHTS
GONNA BE A
BIG STAR
SOMEDAY I'M GONNA
BE SOMEBODY

TEENAGE POWER IS ENERGY
FROM THE MAGIC PLACE
YOUNG MEN YOUNG WOMEN
YOUNG LOVE
I WAS BULLETPROOF
INDESTRUCTIBLE
I WAS GONNA
LIVE FOREVER

I NEVER
SAW IT COMING
IT MADE
NO SOUND
IT CAME INTO MY LIFE
UNINVITED
IT WAS CALLED
FAILURE

I WALKED ON
THROUGH THE 70'S AND 80'S
LIKE A ROBOT
TRYING TO FOLLOW THE PROGRAM
TRYING TO BE WHAT YOU
WANTED ME TO BE
I FAILED AT THAT
AS WELL

I WALKED ON THROUGH THE 90'S
AND INTO A NEW MILLENNIUM
I WAS AN ANGRY MAN
WHO HAD TO LIVE WITH HIMSELF
EVEN THOUGH
NO ONE ELSE COULD
I FOUND A WAY
TO LIVE WITH ME

YOU CAN'T
BUT I CAN
YOU WON'T
BUT I WILL
YOU HAVEN'T
BUT I HAVE
YOU DON'T
BUT I DO

WHAT DID YOU EXPECT
AFTER ALL THAT TIME
WHAT DID YOU WANT
THAT I DIDN'T HAVE
WHAT DID YOU TAKE
THAT I COULD NOT FEEL
AND WHAT
AM I TO DO

I WAS BROKEN IN WAYS
YOU DO NOT KNOW
I WAS LIKE SAND
A MILLION TINY PIECES
I COLLECT THE PIECES
AND FIT THEM TOGETHER
AN WATCH THE
QUESTIONING EYES

I AM METHODICAL
TO THE ENTH DEGREE
DAY AND NIGHT
I SORT AND BUILD
YEAR BY YEAR
I FIT THE TINY PIECES TOGETHER
SO THAT ONE DAY
I WILL BE WHOLE

SO ONE DAY
I WILL SMILE AT MY WORK
AND KNOW
THAT I DID NOT FAIL
IT JUST TOOK ME LONGER
TO GET HERE
THAN IT TOOK THOSE
WHO WERE NOT SO BROKEN

Bobby Jameson Mar 20, 2009