(a song for music)

Your son lay sleeping in his bed
A mile behind you, you were thinking
He was young for now, but how times flies;
Remembering how you woke and dressed
And kissed your wife before you left
And how your life’s a series of goodbyes

Staring through the tinted glass
You watched the traffic rolling past you
Back toward the place you longed to be;
The light changed and you drove away
And never chose the choice you made
Too late for everything to turn out differently

As if you’d thrown a stone into a pond
And now the moment and the stone are gone
But still the ripples carry on

The birds were singing, you were laughing,
Standing on the corner, happy
Just to have no place to have to go;
You were young and almost free
Still waiting for your destiny
So certain when it came along you’d know

The breeze blew and the sun was shining
Life was fine, and everyone
Was kind, there were no losers at this game;
And then you turned and moved along
The sun went down and life went on
And everything has changed but something’s still the same

As if you threw a stone into a pond
And now the moment and the stone have gone
But still the ripples carry on

I met you accidentally
The same way everybody meets
I didn’t think you’d come along so soon;
We sat together on the grass
And watched the passing strangers walk
Into the glass and laughed beneath the moon

And then I woke up in your arms
And my whole world was charmed, and if
You told me this was love then I’d agree;
Now you might go and I might stay
It matters so much either way
But come what may you’ll always be a part of me

And if you throw a stone into a pond
After the moment and the stone are gone
The ripples carry on

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