Dave Nealon: Music

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Your life's story in three short verses.

I was thinking about my teenage daughter. I wanted to write a song that would explain life to her and soothe her in her teen angst, but she grew up before I could finish it. Oh well, maybe she can soothe me in my old-timer angst.

Early
Dave Nealon
5/28/05
Lacey Spring, VA

Early one morning you wake up to find
A restless wind blowing the light through the blinds
Is calling from the edge of the dawn
As the morning moves on you know you got to obey
The nervous excitement will drag you away
It’s drawing; drawing you on

Didn’t you know; hadn’t you heard or felt that pinch on your heart?
Ages ago—remember my word—I told you right from the start

Sun overhead in the heat of the day
The sky turns hazy; the wind dies away
You wonder how you were so sure
Temptation’s your teacher and failure’s your friend
If there’s anything left of you in the end
It’s a wonder, a miracle cure

If you care, then you’ll share sorrow following in your wake
It’s out there; it’s somewhere, something you just gotta shake

Along about evening the stir of the wind
Tousles your hair and gets you moving again
You’re racing the light to the west
There’s an urgency now in the reddening sun
You might not have long to get something done
Before you finally rest