From the recording Rainstone
Lyrics: Patrick McManus and Larry Pejeau. Music: Patrick McManus
Lyrics
Still On the Vine
Well I thought it would take longer
To grow old
Memories still carry me forward
Still smiling
Old worries now fading
Mountains risen from the rest
That’s back when time pulled me past
Gave me space for hope of renew
New worries now rising
Mountains bounded at crest
Time lights up the front
But none of the rest
Once I sailed through the night
Knowing day would bring light
Now I sail like old sailors unfathomed, unanchored
Dice roll days to the end of the earth
Now I’m framed by the framed
Faces hung on my walls
Eyes set in time
Staring at mine
Yet why worry what can't change
What’s cast of did and did not
What’s made pride or made shame
All grows still-framed in time
“Wake up” the birds sing
As light starts to shine
There's still the blue sky
Berries still ripen on vine
“Wake up” the birds sing
Life still rolls on by
Use what you know
So much more than then
Use who you are
There’s still what will be
The wind still blows
The birds still sing
Even passing
Legacy's a part
Legacy’s stake in the ground
And it's not yet, now is now
Now while berries still ripen on the vine