Once when I was thirty-one
I woke in the dead of night
And heard the vastness of the snowfall outside

Slipped downstairs in my bare feet
Soon forgotten freezing
And poured a milk glass full

To wait out the tide

It's been a decade and one

Been a decade and one my friend
Decade and one
Since i've


As the white went down
I thought of the child upstairs

I thought of the god upstairs
That I couldn't believe
I thought of the chosen man

Asleep on his side of the bed
How green becomes wood in the family tree


Been a decade and one
Been a decade and one so soon
Decade and one

Since i stood so proud
And so unsure


Ebony glowing by the window there
As always
Fingers kissed the keys oh so tenderly

Cool ivory returned in kind
I thought of anger and adulation
And the taste of dreams realized

And the waste dreams realized leave behind

Decade and one

Decade and one
I said out loud


Decade and one
And I am here
And I am here still standing