Long Journey Short (songwriter: Russ Mason)

[Verse 1] So many ways we might have made an early exit Just looking for a thrill Hitching rides and playing chicken But here we are alive and kicking still One risky road too many And our future chances never would have come Scaling heights without a net We were equal parts invincible and dumb Our long journey's shorter now But we're luckier than some [Verse 2] Though April brings the gentle rain Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May And summer's lease has all too short a date Before it fades away But the poets and the writers The sculptors and the painters persevere To share their works of beauty or their pain Or humor while they're here Their long journey's shorter now And they savor every year [Verse 3] Don't you love to hear the morning birds That sing before the dawning of the day As the hollow sky fills up with light Their chorus sweeps the chill of night away When once again the sun appears You'll hear their songs declaring bright and clear We're still among the living The dark is gone we did not disappear And while our journey may be shorter now We're still here