THIS MOMENT (SONG TO MYSELF)


Copyright 2011 by Grant Carrington

Bm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C
It's time to stop your ramblin,
A . . . . . . . . . . . . . D
It's time to settle down.
Bm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C
You know you ain't gonna find it, boy,
A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bm
With all this ramblin' round.

The answer lies within yourself
And in the friends you know.
It's never in the towns you leave
Yet it's everywhere you go.

    Am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D
    And this moment is all you own.
    Am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D
    It's yours and yours alone.
    C . . . . . . . . . . . . E
    The rest is all illusion;
    F . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E
    It's time you came on home.

New York City and Washington;
Saint Louis and Frisco too.
Paris, Rome, and London town;
Mallorca, Katmandu.

They're all the same beneath their skins,
Beneath the autum skies.
So just breath the air and hear my words,
And open up your eyes.

    Chorus

Now a woman's love is everything.
At least that's what I hear.
And a man's love is like a bee,
Always going here and there.

But wait until you look into
The eyes of your newborn son.
Maybe then you'll understand,
For a new life has begun.

    Chorus


    Feel free to perform this song in public, as long as you mention who wrote it. (A mention of the CD, Ancient Laughter, and the fact that it can purchased from www.cdbaby.com would be appreciated too.) If you want to record it, however, you will have to cross my palm with silver. My brother-in-law comes from Sicily.