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My Soul
Somewhere between what you are Maybe there’s still time
And what you want to be, lies compromise to change the path I’m on
To seek the easy answer, may not be wise And choose another box just to find my heart
And you know there are those who would Chorus
Expect you to be, like all the rest Oh no I just can’t take this shit anymore
Don’t be fooled with bad advice, Cos you know I’ve gave you all I have,
you know what’s best and still you ask for more
You can have my heart but not my soul
Don’t waste yourself with those things Oh no it’s not mine to give,
That they try to sell, just what brings you joy if that’s not good enough
Don’t follow the easy path, it’s just a ploy I guess I’ll have to walk you right to the door
Cos you know it don’t belong to me,
Now I see that all my time and toils, so baby don’t go there
were a broken oar Because you know it belongs to rock and roll
I wish I’d known Ah....................
Oh....................
Chorus Mmmm....................
Oh no I just can’t take this shit anymore
Cos you know I’ve gave you all I have, Outro
and still you ask for more We must follow our, passion where it leads
You can have my heart but not my soul Then we’ll know true love,
Oh no it’s not mine to give, in your guiding light from up above
if that’s not good enough Oh....................
I guess I’ll have to walk you right to the door Ah....................
Cos you know it don’t belong to me, Mmmm....................
so baby don’t go there
Because you know it belongs to rock and roll To listen follow this link...
Ah....................
Oh....................
Mmmm.................... Rhea, was a sweet, kind, soft spoken older lady that loved
everyone. Around 2011 I had started a part time job as a
Your words touched my very soul ski instructor. Rhea, a full time instructor, was one of the
You have shown me the way, people responsible for my training, she had been there
from beyond the grave forever. I got to know her well over the next few years, she
And we must not forget those, was always so kind, and always trying to help. She became
ill in the 2013-2014 season and had to go on leave.
lives you will save
In the fall of 2014 I went to the 14-15 orientation and
Your guiding light shines down found out she had passed away over the summer. Before I
on the darkest place go much further, I need to explain that being a ski
We must follow our, passions to the end instructor is neither glamorous, nor well paying. So
Or live a half life, as fools to spend people who do it full time as Rhea did, are not well paid
and have little chance to get ahead. That being said, during
This council you’ve sent across that orientation, they read a letter Rhea had written for all
the great divide of us before she passed away. So “You have shown me the
Is it a warning, in hour eleven? way, from beyond the grave “,”in your guiding light from
Or is it a ray of hope, from your heaven up above”, “Your have shown me the way, from beyond
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