This is the first and very likely the last time I write a song about a punctuation mark! I appreciate any and all comments. Tom


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We used to spend our nights
Beneath an autumn sky
looking at the stars
And simply wondering why

There’s nothing quite as cold
as a graveyard late at night
We’d dream about a world where no-one ever dies


It’s the dash that counts that’s the only thing that’s real


make the most of what little time you’re here

I don't care when you were born or what year you will die
What matters most is in between those years


Every other year
We’d pledge to meet again
a bottle of cheap red wine
Go back to where we’d been

Take a midnight walk
just like we used to do
A cemetery talk
Reminds us we’re not through


It’s the dash that counts that’s the only thing that’s real

make the most of what little time you’re here

I don't care when you were born or what year you will die

What matters most is in between those years


Written on your tombstone between the years there is a line

That's the place your lifetime is defined


It’s the dash that counts that’s the only thing that’s real


make the most of what little time you’re here

©2017 Thomas Adams