Written in late 2001. Updated for 2024 and will be included on my 3rd album ‘Charm’ to be released December 2024.

Here comes another day
You do the best you can
To keep it moving forward
And to lend a helping hand
Cause that’s the ticket in.
And when the practice game is over
Then the real game begins.

He called her Buttercup,
She giggled at the name
He hugged her one more time
And then he turned to board the plane.
He disappeared into the sky.
And you know what I mean.

With the power of a wave
as it crashes on the shore,
I feel your pain, cutting me
Turning me around.

Inside an empty hole
To dark to hold emotion
A little girl will live alone
and cling to her devotion
For the man who went away.