Thought I Had More Time

© 2010 J. Oscar Bittinger
Written for “The Folk Bros.”

Thought I had more time
To drink the carefree wine
To stand out on the rocks
And shout the sea to salt
But I was wrong
Don’t have that long

Thought I had more time
To make up my own mind
To catch all I could chase
In the wide world’s endless race
But I was wrong
Don’t have that long

BRIDGE
I believed I could not fail
Into the gale I would sail
Fearless youth, foolish man
Pursuing truth far from land

Thought I had more time
To do what I’d design
To find a rainbow’s end
To make this world into a new Eden
But I was wrong
I’m not that strong
I was wrong
Don’t have that long

EDITS: 2010: May 5, 10