Somehow the Wonder of Life Prevails

I had a high school friend
 And he liked to hunt muskrats and rabbits
 And he liked to draw and he liked to listen Ian Gillan and Black Sabbath
 But one night outside a Canton, Ohio pool hall
 Something transpired and he stuck a man with a screwdriver, stole his har and he hauled
 He did three years in Tico Reformatory
 And the rumours of what went on in there were the most chilling horror stories
 Not long after he was set free
 He left his parent's house at 1am and wrapped his car around a tree
 And I was in Pacific Grove, California when I got the call
 I talked with his mother and his father and his brothers - I talked to them all
 About his love for heavy metal, his love for hunting and how good he could draw
 And I laid down next to my girlfriend Deena and like a child I bawled
 One Thanksgiving when I was pretty young
 Me and my dad got into it over something and we fought and he won
 And I went running barefoot off into the snow
 And I sought refuge at a neighbour's house and later that night I came home
 And in the midst of all the agonies, all the hardness I felt
 Somehow the wonder of life always prevailed
 And in the midst of all the awkwardness, all my growing pains
 Somehow the wonder of life always remained
 Every day I get out and I walk
 Every day I get on the phone to someone and I talk
 It's good to have friends who love you, who care and understand
 Who have your back, don't judge you, don't criticise or make remarks
 Every day for miles I walk
 Along the Monterrey Pines, the marina to Aquatic Park
 And I look at the Marin Headlands, Tiburon, Sausalito and Angel Island
 from the end of fishing pier
 And oh, I couldn't ask for more
 My eyes couldn't ever want for more
 And oh, I watch the seagulls fly
 For half my life I've watched the ferry boats and the barges go by
 This February it'll be the 10th year anniversary of when I lost a friend to cancer and there's times when I still can't believe it
 But I'm so grateful for all the time we got to spend
 In Pescadero, Point Reyes, Mendocino, San Rafael and Fairfax
 Though I'm reminded of her passing especially when it rains
 Somehow the wonder of life always remains
 And every Christmas I get pictures of her growing daughter
 And her face looks more and more and more and more and more and more like her mother
 Spent this Thanksgiving in seat 21E of an SAS airplane flying over the Baltic and the North Sea
 On my way home from Stockholm and Malmo and Gottenburg and Copenhagen
 All I could think of in my seat was getting back home to my girlfriend She'd be away til Saturday or Sunday
 Down in Orange County with her family for the holiday
 But it's alright, I can't cry, can't complain
 Because I'm just about to land in a 7-thirty-7 airplane
 Looking down at the city of Martinez and the Carkinas Strait
 And that San Francisco Pacific Ocean and North Bay
 And at the Golden Gate and Oakland Bay bridges and the many boats that sail
 And the wonder of life always prevails