
The world changes, the center does not hold. People come, and people go, it's true, and I'm the last person to be saying anything bout love, unless failure is an excellent reference.
Man, the older I get, the more inviting walking along the river by myself seems to me.
"Naw, chum," says Bernie the Cabdriver. "It's just dat all dese udder folks... well... see... they gots what they calls agendas and stuff. You know... Der own lives and such. Tings to do, people to see, places to be. Da fact is, dey do what is right by dem. Peoples always do. Da fact dat it does not coincide wit what is right in yer own life is immaterial."
Well... I can certainly see your point, Bernie.
"Yeah, chum. Just cuz yer thinkin' yer alone, does not mean yer alone. And just cuz you don' see or hear from folks, does not mean you ain't in der heads or in der hearts. So, git over it already. Nobody is truly alone in dis world."
Oh, this isn't for me, necessarily. There's been a lot of loss recently. People come, people go. Hearts get broken. I mean, I feel for them. I really do.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah. And Elvis has left da building. I've had so many romances in my life, dat if I was to send a card to each of 'em on der birdays, I'd have to send one every stinking day. So it goes, huh? Dat is life, is wat dat is." Bernie tosses out the butt end of a cigar he's been chomping on all week, and screws his 50 year old, sweat stained, cabbie cap on a bit tighter. "I'm goin' for a beer. You wanna join me, or wat?"
Lead the way, chum. Lead the way.