And Tomorrow Never Comes

In 1989 I was living in a long term treatment center to address my alcoholism/addiction for a "second" time. My grandmother had died and rather than being at the funeral out of state, I had chosen to remain in treatment. Filled with self pitty and torn between the desire to pursue a new life and a desire to use this loss as my "reason" to drink/drug again - in despiration I went to my room, fell on my knees and cried out to a God I had yet to know on a deeply personal level...at that time I had an experience that forever changed my destiny...

“And Tomorrow Never Comes”

So many things can happen

And I find I have no control

Things are turning inside out

And I feel I have no where to go

I want to run for tomorrow

But the uncertainty is to great

So I try to hide in yesterday

But I find that I’m to late

The frustration seems to grow so big

That there’s nothing I can see

I want to run and find an escape

But the problem stays in me

   Feeling like a caged in beast

Fighting to be free

The restlessness keeps building up

Until I fall upon my knees

Suddenly I know He’s there

Of the guilt I can let go

For I feel the warmth of His hand

Rest upon my soul