"In Honor Of You (george)" by Carly Simon

I'M REALLY THE KIND 
WRITER CARLY SIMON

IN HONOR OF YOU (GEORGE) 
WRITERS CARLY SIMON, GEORGE AND IRA GERSHWIN

How can I go on when every thought hurts I flirt with the
notion of no more songs 
My old familiar foe, self pity, haunts me I´m stuck in some
over-the-mountain town In a meaningless bar where fat hands
round the steiners And no one cares if it suns or pours In
an hour between trainsBarney puts the record on 
And the aimless rise to dance Embrace me, my sweet
embraceable you
I see you, George, in your apartment on Riverside Drive 
Some fifty years agoYour fingers on the keys Looking for the
songLooking for that hook Embrace me, you irreplaceable you
Who were you then' Did you have a woman' Were you hard up
for cash? 
Did you ever know you´d be heard in the middle distance 
In some over-the-mountain town' Connecting to the muscles of
the dancers 
In this close and smoky room 
Who were you then' Were you sure of your tune? Or were your
dreams and your courage all broken down like mine? Now
there´s something that clutches the heartA melody that
stays Year after year I love all the many charms about you 
Above all I want my arms around you I´m already late for my
train But I don´t think about that I think of you, George
At your piano, sweating in the summer heat By the way, did
you get your girl,Did you by your house in the country? Did
you wait for something that never came? Did you die still
waiting for your train' Don´t be a naughty baby, come to
mama come to mama do Some part of your heart twists and
turns in mine Your soul rises There´s an angel in charge
There´s one note that weeps the truth And makes my life
mean something Just for the length of Embrace me, my sweet
embraceable you Embrace me, you irreplaceable you Don´t be
a naughty baby, come to mama, come to mama do  I will go
home, I will try again I will catch the train Catch another
breath  Move back to the piano and  let the notes do what
they´ll do 
In honor of you, George
In honor of you