How do you know when time runs out for you? Pretty easy question to answer. Right? You’ll know when you’ve run out of time when your body takes that left turn back to the soil from whence it came.

(side note: I love to use that expression “from whence” because of a funny Jack Benny skit from a long time ago)

Anyway…

The point is you won’t have to wonder when time runs out.

Because whatever you’re doing here, in your current body, and in the current space/time continuum will end. You WILL absolutely stop what you’re doing. And you WILL absolutely move into another place. A permanent place. And I hope it’s a beautiful, never-ending paradise. I’m really only saying that to you if you’ve never read any of my words.

Way back in 2019 I started writing lyrics based on a title prompt someone suggested to me. I thought the phrase sounded ripe for lyrics. And I came up with a general idea for what I wanted it to say. But I got distracted by something. And I never got back to the lyrics. So, they’ve been stalled for over 5 years.

I just happened to see them about a half hour ago. And I think they can fit nicely into an idea I’ve been thinking about for a while. See if the current verse and chorus give you any notions. Feel free to pass them along if you like. Not saying I’ll use them. But I’ll read them and who knows? For your consideration, here’s…

When Time Fills Up With Gold

When we can’t get what we want,
We dig more.
If we can’t have what we want,
We look down.
When we can’t say what we mean
We miss out
And trade our life for what looks
Like a crown.

Here’s to songs and stories told…
To living life and being bold…
And seeing what we have to hold…
When time fills up with gold.

© 2019

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