I Had Something (the “12 hour old song” 5/12/02)


I had something
It fell from me
Something strong
Like a pounding drum
Like ringing bells
When I was young
I had something
And it was gone

I had something
Made me walk all night
Made me run from home
Made me fight
I had something
Made me feel love
Like an orphan
Waiting for home

Every footstep
That I take
Completes a circle
My life makes
Every living thing has ties that bind
What I lost will return with love and time

I heard something
It called to me
And it told me
I was saved
Not by god
And not by words
Not by any single living thing
It was a voice that I once knew
Of my daughter or my son
Not yet born
And not yet known
Just another orphan waiting for a home
Another orphan waiting for a home

Every footstep that I take
Completes the circle
My life makes
Every living thing has ties that bind
What I lost will return with love and time
What I lost will return with love and time