I'd like to welcome you today 
to celebrate with me
the marriage of creation 
to the mind of the free
the power of the written word 
is awesome indeed
but the beauty of the word in song 
is what the spirit needs

you see before you an open book
there's nothing he shall hide
he'll tell you of the times he's loved 
and the times that he has cried
for an artist's life is governed 
by expression of his pain
and it's hard to find emotion 
when you're sheltered from the rain

CHORUS
Have pity on the writer he has not long to live
just as long as it might take to give all he can give
his road is long and crowded, he follows fortune's trail
and by the side you'll see the graves of so many 
that have failed

from years of frustration 
he stands before you now
at last the words have found their place 
yet still he can't say how 
the music weaves its way around 
the lines on a page 
setting fire to the words 
released from their cage 

and when this night is over
and you're lying in your beds
thinking of the day you've left behind
will the words he's given you
be floating through your heads
or lost forever in the writer's mind

© NEMO JAMES.    All Rights Reserved.
Music and Words by Nemo James