Find Something to hold onto

I wish I could

I should have

I know I just might

Find somone to hold onto

For the rest of my life

Slept in a room that hadn’t changed in a year

Saw boots,socks, cigarettes and his lovers locket there

It’s what’s left of this soldier

It’s what’s left of this kid

It’s what’s left of a life that was barely lived

After he died his daddy left

Took his money, the car

A new wife and went

A soldiers’ mama wept drowning in tears

Leaving a room that won’t change for years

Smoking in her bed watching TV at night

She prays for one thing as she turns out the light

I wish I could

I should have

I know I just might

Find someone to hold onto

For the rest of my life

The smoke worked it’s way through the wall

Remindin’ me of a girl I used to call

I see her in my dreams

I see her in bed

I see her at nineteen

Alive in my head

Her lips underwater warm as we kiss

Knowing forever it’s a moment I’ll miss

Fall came

She left

Here I am still

Wondering what happened

To a life I knew well

I wish I could

I should have

I know I just might

Find someone to hold onto

For the rest of my life