Cherish All You Know

,Words & Music © 2017 Jeffrey E. McCaskill. All Rights Reserved.

Sometimes I wake, it’s morning
Sometimes I wake, it’s afternoon
I wish I’d heeded warnings 
That the liquor I so loved
Would one day be my ruin. 

And so, I’m alone, 
Just a haunted man who wishes
He had cherished all he knew.

And so, I’m alone,
With but memories of kissing you
Beneath an August moon.

Sometimes, I wake up crying
Sometimes, I wake up in your arms
Those years before you dying
Were like swimming in a sea of love
Where none could do us harm. 

And then, the bars come, 
A reminder that my drinking
Put an early end to you.

And then, the guards come,
And I‘m dragged into the hell
That I deserve for choosing you.

And so, I’m alone,
With but memories of kissing you
Beneath an August moon.

And so, I’m alone, 
Just a longing man who wishes
He had cherished time with you.