Guilty survivor
©Peter Lehndorff

People say that I’m a lucky guy. I should feel lucky and never blue.
But there’s times that I have to wonder, If it could have been me and not you.

I guess I’m a guilty survivor. I should feel lucky, but I don’t know how.
People say I dodged a bullet.
But every silver lining has a cloud.
But every silver lining has a cloud.

When we were kids, you used to say (that)
We’d grow up to be like dad and mom.
You learned to dance. I'd play guitar.
We always really seemed to get along.

Later on when you got home from college,
I remembered how you used to joke.
I’m afraid I’m becoming our mother. How I wish that was never so.
You got her smile. You got her figure.
But you also got that damn disease.
As your mind slipped away, your so-called friends used to say.
“The apple didn’t fall far from that tree.”

I guess I’m a guilty survivor. I should feel lucky, but I don’t know how.
People say I dodged a bullet.
But every silver lining has a cloud.
Every silver lining has a cloud.

Break

(They say) Always try to smile and stop your frowning.
Count your blessings. Stand tall and proud.
Look on the sunny side. Throw your problems to the side
That was then. This is now.

I guess I’m a guilty survivor. I should feel lucky, but I don’t know how.
People say I dodged a bullet.
But every silver lining has a cloud.
Every silver lining has a cloud.
Every silver lining has a cloud.