When all your heroes are dead and gone
all you have left is a memory
but what do you do when the memory fades
and you can’t even remember yesterday
the images remind you but they are still too few
the videos flip a switch but that will fade too
as the tears flow do you melt away
or just sleep to wake another day
the things you’ve missed in this life or the last
you can’t make up once they’ve past
so get off your ass and see the world
it is a roller coaster joined with a tilt a whirl
see that show, meet that band
go to that movie eat a hot dog from that stand
get on plane and traverse the globe
it will surely excite your temporal lobe
sail the seas on a cruise to the edge
hang with good friends till the very end
smell the wild flowers in some enchanted garden
and call all those you wronged to beg their pardon
do what you will while you still have time
enjoying your life is never a crime
before too long you may have to go too
and someone else will be trying to remember you
