Lyrics

All That You Could Be
(Jim Quealy Middle Room Music)

You said goodbye and “like that” you’re gone
After holding on through way too many fears
Hadn’t been that long; not long enough
What you could have done with another fifty years
It was not to be; now we’ll wait and see
How the world recalls your energy

Go out and spread your timeless verse
Out there in the universe
Bounce between the stars and wild debris
With your big ideas and the crazy stuff
This world just wasn’t big enough
To realize the generosity of
All That You Could Be

When you know so much and your words are few
Thin air will fill the space
You can’t let go so you just hold on
And attempt to keep the pace
With a moving train in the driving rain
We never see it changing until it’s never quite the same

Go out and spread your timeless verse
Out there in the universe
Bounce between the stars and wild debris
With your big ideas and the crazy stuff
This world just wasn’t big enough
To realize the generosity of
All That You Could Be

There was so much more in between the lines
Hard to find , though so profoundly ringing
You played the game, but the ending came
Too damn close to the beginning
Now you’ll always be inside of me
As a crooked, screwed up world continues spinning

Go out and spread your timeless verse
Out there in the universe
Bounce between the stars and wild debris
With your big ideas and the crazy stuff
This world just wasn’t big enough
It’s killing me to think we’ll never see
All That You Could Be