Lyrics

ELEVENTH HOUR BLUES

[Intro]
(Solo Saxophone)

[Verse 1]

I'm in the eleventh hour now
Still got some miles to go
Saw the doctor this morning
He gave me something to think about

Said there were roads still open
Said there were paths to explore
I nodded as he talked
But my mind slipped out the door

[Chorus]

How do I want to spend
These precious days I've got?

Still got some miles before me
And more road behind than ahead

I pick up my saxophone
And remember them all
The ones who walked beside me
Before they got the call

[Sax Fill]

[Verse 2]

The older that I get
The more their faces stay
People I haven't seen for years
Don't seem so far away

My mother talked about her mother
Near the ending of her days
Like she was just beyond the curtain
Not so very far away

[Chorus]

How do I want to spend
These precious days I've got?

Still got some miles before me
And more road behind than ahead

I pick up my saxophone
And remember them all
The ones who walked beside me
Before they got the call

[Extended Sax Solo]

[Bridge]

And I don't know what's waiting
Past the edge of what I see
But some nights I catch myself wondering
If they're waiting there for me

[Outro]

I'm in the eleventh hour now
Still got some miles to go
I pick up my saxophone
And remember them all

The ones who walked beside me
Before they got the call
And some nights I still wonder
If I'll see them after all

(Saxophone Fade)