Epilogue Lyrics - Arlo Guthrie

words and music by Arlo Guthrie 

And for myself I have no regrets 

That time has taken what it soon forgets 

A gambler's paradise in short vignettes 

These stolen moments from the hourglass 

A burning candle while the night-time lasts 

Upon my pillow where my dreams float past 

And all my memories seem to come alive 

I think of everyone who still survives 

And those who haven't may yet still arrive 

I want to take the time to let you know 

I've had a hard time letting feelings show 

And through it all I love you even so 

A poet's pleasure is to hear in time 

The painter pictures what he's left behind 

I close my eyes and it all leaves my mind 

I sit alone and hear the sparrow sing 

No way of knowing what tommorow brings 

I leave my solitude upon his wings