Sitting on the wings of a 747 airplane Just back from Newtown Connecticut, Cincinnati and Champaign It was nice hanging out in those cities with some of my friends Get up on stage and play beautiful music with them Now I'm looking out the window where Robin Williams died Passed him once in a car on Thanksgiving day Was with my girlfriend at the time Who sadly passed away just before she turned 35 That's when I learned the world's unfair And that things aren't always right It -blam!-ed me up, and for weeks I couldn't get out of bed The world don't owe us shit, I learned that real -blam!-ing young And I learned it again Had to make the best of every day and every moment while you can Can't seize the beauty in life, cause baby You don't know when it's gonna end When I'm feeling overwhelmed and things are stacking up in mind Her picture's always near me, and I look at it every day of my life Think about what she would have given to live just another year To see her baby turn one, and when I think about it I swallow my tears Had lunch the other day with my drummer friend named Steve We talked about music and traveling, and he's always good to see When you're my friend, I got your back for life Try to hurt anyone I care about, I might slice you up real nice I'm housesitting a 14-year-old cat named Pete My girlfriend's friend is off in Spain and she left him with me And he lays on my bed and we gaze into each other's eyes And I fall into that kitty cat spell, all hypnotized I shared the stage the other night with my friend Will We sang "Mother's Love" together and it was beautiful He's got a mind of his own and he's smart as -blam!- He's his own man, he's in control of his life And I respect that much He's on his way to play a maximum-security prison And I'm on my way to L.A. to play the Henry Fonda Theatre To join up once again and play nice music with my friends Music's a powerful thing, whether played in a theater Or a state pen Back home and I had a wonderful time Felt love from the crowd and I'm pretty sure they felt mine Saw my friends Ian and Claire and Mitch and Patrick and I gave them all hugs There was a message from Will saying he was still reeling from "Mother's Love" My mom's visiting on Sunday with her boyfriend She's gonna kick my ass in Scrabble over and over again My whole family's in denial about a sick relative Just keep working really hard and try not to think about it Just back from Austin, Texas; Chicago, Illinois; Winnipeg [?] I saw all my friends down there and we played "I Got You Babe" And we sang songs about oxen, baby Jesus, shepherds and hay And I remembered when I was a kid in Ohio on Christmas Day One time I got a guitar and that was the start of my life My dad always got me one gift, and I still carry around that shiny fishing knife Sitting on the wings of a United Airline Just back from Lincoln, Salt Lake City and Orlando, where I had a good time Did that one alone with a guitar, and a snare and a tom Brought a volunteer up to play drums She said that her day job was a mom Just back from the doctor where I weighed in at 203 Just turned 48 baby, gotta admit it kinda concerns me So I'm trying to eat better, walk a few more miles and exercise more It's the first week of February, 1:28 AM It was 12 years ago in San Francisco one night That I lost my friend There ain't a day that goes by I don't pause and think about her I'm getting older baby, but I try to count my blessings It's a beautiful world