blessing



	And the Poets Down Here...

		BLESSING OF HOPE by Heshy Rosenwasser They came to ride the horses to give them one last spin They came with their cameras to take the last views in They paid their last respects Last ditch games cashed in, then left Like ex-lovers taking what they had and drifting apart Those who came for fun came a bit too late They were met by the ghosts of what was and could've been, undecided by fate The remains of yesterday's rides Are only rubble to untrained eyes But it's holy wreckage to the knowing heart A couple of days wandering might be mighty fine In the shadow of the abandoned rollercoaster all covered with vines But if it's thrills they're wanting They're never gonna find it haunting The plowed-over fields that once held the amusement parks They made us big promises they exploited our dreams All they left us was a skeleton of cracked cement and rusted beams The master plan turned out to be a dud Making progress like a wheel spinning in the mud And there's no light at the end 'cause we're being kept in the dark But there's four arms straddling fully functional five star hotel Gleaming and sparkling amidst all the ashes rising where all fell The tower keeps watch over the wild proceedings like a silent sentinel Waiting for the day that will see the rebuilt carousel With a blessing of hope Well the nor'easter came and beat up on our scene It rose up in a biblical fury and smashed it to smithereens Whatever little remained Was blown by the wind and washed by the rain Say goodbye to this East Coast Eden maybe once and for all And now every year things get progressively worse Like a poem that gets more depressing with each successive verse Don't think it isn't sitting on my mind It's killing me that I left you behind And sometimes I can't help but feel that I dropped the ball Baby I know things are gonna get better for us I know things can't stay this way forever for us There's gotta be a way to get it together for us I know there's gotta be a change in the weather for us 'Cause the snow's been falling, the lake's been frozen way too long And it's been taking me an eternity just to write you this song But after the long winter the sun's gonna shine real strong 'Cause as long as you are, baby, I know not everything was wrong You're my blessing of hope (They came to ride the horses to give them one last spin They came with their cameras to take the last views in They paid their last respects Last ditch games cashed in, then left Like ex-lovers taking what they had and drifting apart)