Little Rascals

Sitting on the wings of a 747 airplane
 Just back from Newtown Connecticut, Cincinnati and Champaign
 It was nice hanging out in those cities with some of my friends
 Get up on stage and play beautiful music with them
 Now I'm looking out the window where Robin Williams died
 Passed him once in a car on Thanksgiving day
 Was with my girlfriend at the time
 Who sadly passed away just before she turned 35
 That's when I learned the world's unfair
 And that things aren't always right
 It fucked me up, and for weeks I couldn't get out of bed
 The world don't owe us shit, I learned that real fucking young
 And I learned it again
 Had to make the best of every day and every moment while you can
 Can't seize the beauty in life, cause baby
 You don't know when it's gonna end
 When I'm feeling overwhelmed and things are stacking up in mind
 Her picture's always near me, and I look at it every day of my life
 Think about what she would have given to live just another year
 To see her baby turn one, and when I think about it
 I swallow my tears
 Had lunch the other day with my drummer friend named Steve
 We talked about music and traveling, and he's always good to see
 When you're my friend, I got your back for life
 Try to hurt anyone I care about, I might slice you up real nice
 I'm housesitting a 14-year-old cat named Pete
 My girlfriend's friend is off in Spain and she left him with me
 And he lays on my bed and we gaze into each other's eyes
 And I fall into that kitty cat spell, all hypnotized
 I shared the stage the other night with my friend Will
 We sang "Mother's Love" together and it was beautiful
 He's got a mind of his own and he's smart as fuck
 He's his own man, he's in control of his life
 And I respect that much
 He's on his way to play a maximum-security prison
 And I'm on my way to L.A. to play the Henry Fonda Theatre
 To join up once again and play nice music with my friends
 Music's a powerful thing, whether played in a theater
 Or a state pen
 Back home and I had a wonderful time
 Felt love from the crowd and I'm pretty sure they felt mine
 Saw my friends Ian and Claire and Mitch and Patrick and I gave them all hugs
 There was a message from Will saying he was still reeling from "Mother's Love"
 My mom's visiting on Sunday with her boyfriend
 She's gonna kick my ass in Scrabble over and over again
 My whole family's in denial about a sick relative
 Just keep working really hard and try not to think about it
 Just back from Austin, Texas; Chicago, Illinois; Winnipeg
 [?] I saw all my friends down there and we played "I Got You Babe"
 And we sang songs about oxen, baby Jesus, shepherds and hay
 And I remembered when I was a kid in Ohio on Christmas Day
 One time I got a guitar and that was the start of my life
 My dad always got me one gift, and I still carry around that shiny fishing knife
 Sitting on the wings of a United Airline
 Just back from Lincoln, Salt Lake City and Orlando, where I had a good time
 Did that one alone with a guitar, and a snare and a tom
 Brought a volunteer up to play drums
 She said that her day job was a mom
 Just back from the doctor where I weighed in at 203
 Just turned 48 baby, gotta admit it kinda concerns me
 So I'm trying to eat better, walk a few more miles and exercise more
 It's the first week of February, 1: 28 AM
 It was 12 years ago in San Francisco one night
 That I lost my friend
 There ain't a day that goes by I don't pause and think about her
 I'm getting older baby, but I try to count my blessings
 It's a beautiful world