In "Words From A Wandering Man," Jonah Kagen runs out of tricks and certainty, yet decides sticking around beats being damned either way. Worry over wasted youth meets a borrowed desert truth: even warmth goes cold. Old love and old tattoos linger without clear meaning, but surrender isn't an option. Singing becomes the promise, and if dreams or reunion never arrive, the effort itself remains enough.
Words From A Wandering Man Lyrics by Jonah Kagen
I’m all out of tricks
Not a bone left to pick
And I’m still not sure what I found
But if I’m damned if I do
And I’m damned if I don’t
Suppose it’s better to stick around
I do worry too much
God, am I doing enough?
Keeping every ounce of youth I can hold
But I hold in my hands
Words of a wandering man
“Even the desert does go cold”
When you’ve got no more to give
Oh, the memory still lives
Sometimes feelings ain’t what they seem
Like a love I once knew
Like an old tattoo
I can’t really tell you what it means
But I ain’t calling it quits
Those words on my lips
I’m gonna sing until the day that I die
And if the dreams don’t come true
If I never find you
Well, at least I can say that I tried
