Sometimes the emptiness
                            burns right through me
                            and I want to grab someone
                            and hold them close to me
                            Just for a little while
                            ‘till the pain disappears,
                            fill my mind with laughter
                            instead of with tears.
                            Sometimes I just need
                            something to hold onto
                            when it seems there’s nothing left
                            and nothing left to do.
                            But every time I grab and hold
                            something calls to me
                            and I have to let go
                            ‘cause I have to be free
                            There’s still too much burning
                            inside of me,
                            there’s still too much
                            that I haven’t seen.
                            Please don’t tie my wings
                            when I’m just learning to fly.
                            Still only and in more pain
                            when I have to say good-bye.


                            May 25, 1985