At the end of 2000, I said 2001
would be different, things would change,
I said that there were certain philosophies
that I would conquer and rearrange
I chose not to love and set my mind
to saying that being alone is just fine
I would go to school and get a great job
and I said it too back in '99

My ex-husband said I'd make a lawyer
my roommate said I would make a vet
my boss said I'd make an entrepreneur
I ain't got it figured out quite yet
what I want to be before I get old
and soon Father Time will be tapping
his crooked wooden cane upon my wings
before I even get them flapping.

Sure there are risks you have to take
in some parts of life but why
wouldn't it be nice to just live
like the Dalai Lama and not have to try

to reach across forever for happiness?