how can it be

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how can it be

written to “Passacaglia” from White Stones album Secret Garden

concept written 10 May 1997 / completed 30 October 1997

how can it be, things can come to this

how can this be, something’s remiss

why do we speak, now differently

was it just, we’re to blind to see

could it be, I didn’t know

the right direction, we should go

could it be, that I once cared

now I paid my dues, I did my share

a neat idea, it had some flare

just one small prob, she’d not be there

how could I stay, again at home

when alternate plans left me alone

so what occurred, in return

t’was nothing more, than than I got burned

no more balance, no more faith

nothing changed, except her pace

she came and went, with no regard

of others feelings, just a new back yard

to be so cold, it hurts to know

that my two boys had to see that show

now that we’ve come, and gone around

let’s cut the games, stay away from frowns

communication vanished, with no more said

except for hate, and a different bed

what started grand, then withered away

actually blossomed, ending this way

with no thank you’s, she hit the road

came in a princess, left a toad

came in a princess

but left a toad

johnny holloway

30 october 1997

music this poem was written to:

“Passacaglia” from White Stones album Secret Garden

Orchestral Score: John Tate