Chasing the Wind

The heart it demands
 It's answers supplied
 But desires, by nature, can't be satisfied
 The women I loved, the money I made
 Were not legal tender
 For the price that had to be paid
 And if I just had that, that, that, that, that and that
 Then I'd be secure
 I never was right
 I was never once right
 But I always was sure
 I took and took, until I saw
 Then ruefully, I grinned
 In the end I had nothing at all
 In the end
 I had nothing
 I was just chasing the wind
 I searched for myself
 In face after face
 Finishing first,
 But in the wrong race
 Forcing myself to chase every desire
 Trying to get warm
 From a photograph of a fire
 And if I just had that, that, that, that, that and that
 Then I'd be secure
 I never was right
 I was never once right
 But I always was sure
 I took and took, until I saw
 Then ruefully, I grinned
 In the end I had nothing at all
 In the end
 I had nothing
 I was just chasing the wind
 Thousands of years of lives started and ended
 Thousands of tears in battles so fiercely defended
 Unfair despair and pride
 All from the hands of fate
 Judgment will come
 When we total the sum
 Of the love we create
 And if I just had that, that, that, that, that and that
 Then I'd be secure
 I never was right
 I was never once right
 But I always was sure
 I took and took, until I saw
 Then ruefully, I grinned
 In the end I had nothing at all
 In the end
 I had nothing
 I was just chasing the wind