Changes

I was cramped into a coffee house pew
 two dollar coke in my hand
 listening to the music run
 through and out of a drowning man.
 Ten years ago I first heard him singing
 to a screaming crazy crowd
 now there's thirteen loyal people
 trying to sound that loud.
 And I wonder as I watch him now
 why his songs don't turn me on.
 He got me into music
 where has the fragile magic gone?
 And all the changes
 keep on changing
 and the good old days
 they say they're gone.
 Only wise men
 and some new born fools
 say they know what's going on.
 But I sometimes think the difference is
 just in how I think and see
 and the only changes going on
 are going on in me.
 There was you and Fifth avenue
 before there were lies
 and all my hot blood schemes
 and teenage dreams
 flashed before my eyes.
 I did not think I had a chance
 you had to prove me wrong
 it took a year and a half
 of tears and laughs
 before you moved along.
 And now these long years later
 when I see you once again
 I wonder what you saw in me
 when you loved me way back then.
 There I was in you Air Force
 Uncle Sam, you owned my brain.
 I tried to see myself as a sex mad savior
 sailing on a silver plane.
 I started out to do my duty
 ended up just doing time.
 What is it about you
 my mother of a country
 that makes so many change our minds.
 You had me on your honor roll
 for your dream I would die
 now I would not even cross the street
 to help you live a lie.