Sometimes I feel as if I'm going nowhere
And all my life's just one big waiting game
I think of things that I could do if I had only wanted to
Instead I let them all just fade away

And sometimes I still regret the road I've chosen
To think of all the things I left behind
I could have been successful in a lot of other places when
I left them for some dreams I hoped to find

Sometimes when I can't sleep and get so tired of trying
I lie awake and sometimes feel like crying

Sometimes I wonder if I'll ever have you
I never thought I'd be all by myself
And when the pieces start to fall I wish that I could change it all
And give the world to be somebody else

Sometimes it feels as if I'm going crazy
And all my life's just one big waiting game
I think of all that I could do with all my life I've lived for you
And pray to God it's not been all in vain

Sometimes

NOTES:

This song was recorded at Apple-wood Studio in West Seattle.
Terry Miller is playing guitar

A musician friend of mine (Chuck Buser) once told me that I shouldn't worry so much about relations with girls at that point in my life (high school), because there was such a remote chance that I would end up with that girl anyway. I should rather focus on my music, because I would always have that.  It seems like good advice although I could never quite do it. 

More than anything in life, I wanted a soul mate.  My music was something that I used to try to woo my girlfriend.  It worked too.  It just never lasted.  I think I felt that if I made it big with my music she would at last want to stay with me forever. As it turned out, however, that Rita, the girlfriend that I had (off and on) through Jr. High, High School and College never did become that person in my life. 

I put a lot of time and worry into tying to make something happen that just wasn't meant to be.  I try to pass on Chuck's advice to my son, but he doesn't listen any better than I did.