For Tony - Alcatrazz

I will never remember the first day we met

I woke up so early and took my first breath

The frost on the window pane, fractured the light

You were so happy to meet us, we two in one life

The time that you gave me, beyond words on a line

We walked out in harmony, not a step out of time

I grew like the strongest oak, then the whole forest fell

The days became so distant, you didn’t know me so well

I’ve heard this song before, did I create these lines?

The story’s been told, so many ways, so many times…

Is this yours, is it mine?

Back in the penniless pathway we were incredibly rich

You guarded us so closely from any bitterness kick

You didn’t tell me one day you’d go, like a lion I cried

I am alone in the open, just a shell from the tide

That little town of ours was all the universe

You held my hand and guided me through

So I’d never be, the little boy lost

There’s a space in a green field where a tree will be set

It’s for the ones who love you to show where you rest

As every branch reaches for the sun, we will hold you again

For you are my brother, my brother… my friend