Everyday another page
Is taken from the book of life
With no way to read ahead
And with that said, no looking back

You can dog-ear several pages
And be stuck on repeat
Because life is what you make it
In the way you daily read

You might think that if you skip past
A paragraph or two
Some of the trash you're dealing with
Won't come back to haunt you

You can read it in the finest print
Or large letter edition
Whatever way you read today
Try and make it your mission

To strive and be the best of reads
With each turning of the page
This open book for those who care to look
In what you daily have to say

The best advice that I have
Is that it's best you don't look back
Keep sharp both your heart and mind
On the path that's straight ahead

Do not waste your precious time
Wobbling from side to side
If you always do what's right
Things will go good in your life

These lips are here for you to read
Won't you please pay me heed
A promise here for you to keep
You from wandering in too deep

Keeping both your heart and mind
On the sign of the times
Telling you what lays ahead
If you do your best and don't look back

I remember clearly the day we met
Which makes it seem like only yesterday
Memories cherished, memories kept
And a promise to forever, never give them away

A timeless legacy of family and faith
Between you and me to help carry it on
Adding doses of love along the way
Knowing full well we'll never go it alone

I promise you with this lasting truth
Whatever you and I are going through
I'll hold on tight and never let loose
Being more than ready to grow old with you

It's not hard to find we're still young in mind
With brittle bones that hold tender souls
We moan and we groan like we've been in a fight
And still not yet ready to give up the ghost

It hasn't been perfect, but we have been blessed
In all of the crazy that life's thrown at us
Still standing strong, last time we checked
Attributed to the power of love

I promise you with this lasting truth
Whatever you and I are going through
I'll hold on tight and never let loose
Being more than ready to grow old with you

I refuse these days to play the game
Of being shoved in the path, of an oncoming train
Get my ****** in a bunch with The Screaming Mimi's
To succumb to the fact, of being lost in the weeds

I refuse to use the Crazy Glue
To stick with their brand of demented truth
To belittle, berate what others might say
And base everything on Gender and Race

I refuse to side with the side that lies
Which by todays standard is both left and right
A circle that's bent still has no end
It just wabbles along till nobody wins

I refuse to let go and relinquish control
To the shallow in root and most gullible
Who believe what is said void of the facts
Drool on command while bobbing their heads

I refuse to join hands in this Zombie dance
Or fly in the plane on its way to the crash
I'll continue to say when it comes to this game
My answer's the same...I refuse to play

I would like sometimes
To just up and leave
Be gone till no one
Is out looking for me
A secret hiding place
That only I can keep
Off in the distance
A fading memory

Holding onto the whisper
That's never heard from again
Unfolding the map
That leads to Neverland
Embracing the fact
That no one knows who I am
And if there's anything left
I'll leave even that

Escape from the place
That I was last seen
Permanently erase
All thoughts of me
Change every trace of my name
You would ever care to think
Do all this and call
Myself history

Somewhere over the rainbow
Things seem to have lost their way
Since Dorthy took to-the sky of blue-in a big red ballon
Nothing has been the same

The Munchkins kept munching on lollipops
And have put on their share of weight
Things were much worse than anyone thought
When the entire land of OZ was caught stuffing face

If you find it sad, all the flubber and flab
Then welcome to the club
And speaking of such a line of fitness clubs
Might just be the rub to do the job right

Leave it up to the Flying Monkeys
To be the first when it comes to a plan
To turn things around with a quick calorie count
And the implementation of a strict sugar ban

Of course there was an uproar
Especially from the Lollipop Twins
Whose lollipop guild wouldn't stand for such swill
Above all are our laws and sweets are a big part of them

Which started a peaceful riot
(AKA) an all-out war
When the argument said how they should live
All they really want is to be left alone

And of course, once the damage was done
The Wizard of OZ got involved
Making it very clear we'll take over from here
But none of this fuss was the government's fault

As crazy as it sounds there's a lot of it going round
On this and that side of the rainbow
On the day Dorthy left was the start of this mess
Isn't that the way things seem to go

Live and let live, the little people insist
In Munchkin and lands beyond
Be it a hit or a miss, it is what it is
Just shut your monkey mouth and move on along

life can be
a tragedy
then again
filled with glee
all depends
on the steps you take
all of it being
one step away