Drifting Away Poem by Smoky Hoss

' For the beginning is assuredly
the end -since we know nothing, pure
and simple, beyond
our own complexities. ' - William Carlos Williams

You work hard to make it
from dawn to dusk each new day,
you'll switch off the light come every night
and then go drifting away -

You do what you must
but would rather go and play,
the Lord says you'll get your reward
when your soul goes drifting away -

You stop in your tracks
you kneel and you pray,
hoping these words are heard
as up they go, drifting ever so far away -

You go to the bar
to hear what the blues men say,
a couple of drinks, and you begin to think
it may be best to just drift away -

The waitress brings you one more
and you ask her to stay,
she smiles all the while
but, you know she'd just as soon you'd go drifting away -

You make up your mind everything is fine,
so for today it's all ok,
but when the day is done you'll wish you could run
and let it all drift away -

So you head out the door
to be upon your way,
wishing the old car would drive off far
to where everything wrong goes drifting far away -

You make one last stop by the bank
to draw your pay,
in walks a man, with a gun in his hand...
when he pulls the trigger, you'll go on forever,
drifting far and away -