Song for a New Year

It struck me today that, great as "Auld Lang Syne" is,* we could use a few more New Year's songs. So I wrote this one. The music for it is nothing special, and I don't know how to record and post music (except into a very old tape recorder), so I'll just post the lyrics here. (If anyone feels like making up their own music to these words, please feel free.) Happy New Year!

Where do the old years wander?

What can we do with time?

The sky is alive with wonder,

The world has its ways to shine.

We see the round world getting older and older

But we’ll have a young year again.



We’ll have a younger year tomorrow,

We’ll have a younger year tonight—

We'll take the train away from sorrow

To where the moon is shining bright.

What must we bring together?

What must we leave alone?

The sky is alive with weather,

And wherever we are is home.

We see the round world getting older and older

But we’ll have a young year again.



We’ll have a younger year tomorrow,

We’ll have a younger year tonight—

Take the train away from sorrow

To where the moon is shining bright.

What if the light comes early?

What if the hour is late?

The sky is alive with wonder,

Time can find ways to wait.

We see the round world getting older and older

But we’ll have a young year again.



We’ll have a younger year tomorrow,

We’ll have a younger year tonight—

Take the train away from sorrow

To where the moon is shining bright.

*As Maureen pointed out to me, "Auld Lang Syne" is not the only one; Lennon's "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)," for example, is half a New Year's song; it probably deserves to be sung a lot more as the New Year approaches. Ditto for Mary Traver's great song "The Rest of the Year," though it's no more than maybe 1/4 a New Year's song.