Saved

(from the CD Songs from the Midnight Shift)

I'm glad that I'm still getting older
I'm happy just tuning my harp
The world finally fell off my shoulder
And the chip that remains is not too sharp
The leaves are just right in the garden
The air is just fine in the sky
The birds and the bees just do as they please
And time passes gracefully by.

I've been saved
By an angel who cared
By an angel who dared
By a sister who shared my time.

I've been saved from the arms of the hookers
Saved from the hands of myself
Saved from the pills and the potions
And the razor blades up on the shelf
Saved from the re-runs of Dallas
Saved from the old nine to five
Saved from the heartache and saved from the malice
That skins men and eats them alive.

It's easy to make fun of angels
It's easy to make fun of life
It's easy to make fun of dying
It's never been easy to die
You do what you like when you're winning
You do what you must when you must
I reached for the sky and I missed by a mile
And I smiled as I fell in the dust.

Farewell to my ancient companions
So long to my new friends as well
Some took the highway to heaven
Some took the toll way to hell
Farewell to the streets of Manhattan
Goodbye to the land of the gun
I woke up this morning and saw the new dawn
And a new man was born in the sun.

Words and Music by John Ewbank
Copyright 2005 Vertical Songs