Lyrics In Honor of You (George) - Carly Simon

In Honor of You (George)

How can I go on when every thought hurts I flirt with the notion of no more
songs
My old familiar foe, self pity, haunts me I´m stuck in some over-the-mountain
town In a meaningless bar where fat hands round the steiners And no one cares
if it suns or pours In an hour between trainsBarney puts the record on
And the aimless rise to dance Embrace me, my sweet embraceable you
I see you, George, in your apartment on Riverside Drive
Some fifty years agoYour fingers on the keys Looking for the songLooking for
that hook Embrace me, you irreplaceable you
Who were you then?
Did you have a woman?
Were you hard up for cash?
Did you ever know you´d be heard in the middle distance
In some over-the-mountain town?
Connecting to the muscles of the dancers
In this close and smoky room
Who were you then?
Were you sure of your tune?
Or were your dreams and your
courage all broken down like mine?
Now there´s something that clutches the
heartA melody that stays Year after year I love all the many charms about you
Above all I want my arms around you I´m already late for my train But I don´t
think about that I think of you, George At your piano, sweating in the summer
heat By the way, did you get your girl, Did you by your house in the country?
Did you wait for something that never came?
Did you die still waiting for your
train?
Don´t be a naughty baby, come to mama come to mama do Some part of your
heart twists and turns in mine Your soul rises There´s an angel in charge
There´s one note that weeps the truth And makes my life mean something Just for
the length of Embrace me, my sweet embraceable you Embrace me, you
irreplaceable you Don´t be a naughty baby, come to mama, come to mama do I will
go home, I will try again I will catch the train Catch another breath Move back
to the piano and let the notes do what they´ll do
In honor of you, George
In honor of you