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