I asked my friend Sandie for a song idea. She suggested one dealing with what she called "the weariness that can come from loving someone....a mother with a sick child.....or a wife with an alcoholic husband". A great idea......and I've tried to do it justice. But just thinking on it can be overwhelming and exhausting, so it's bound to contain a few flubs. There's so many ways to approach a song like this. I may come back to this topic again in the future. Actually....I know I will.

Nowhere Now
.
09/20/2007
by Tom Flannery
copyright 2007 (BMI)

You finally fell asleep
and it'll be morning soon
no sense giving up now
you might stay down until noon
and I've got so many things to do 
and I know on nights like this
if I lay down beside you
I'll only dream of your kiss

So I drift alone on the edges
and try not to look ahead
where everybody's waiting with I told you so's
and a needle without thread
but I never felt obligated
and pity is a waste of time
you got my heart in your pocket
and I got yours in mine

but you're nowhere now you're nowhere now
you're nowhere now you're nowhere now
you're nowhere now
you walk in place
you search the lines
in my face
you're nowhere now
but I'll stay behind
to tend to the fraying
ties that bind

You may map your trip in advance
and count the miles in between
eyes peeled for every shortcut
that can save some gasoline
but love's a train that jumps the tracks
and ends up here or there
and I'll take what's sitting next to me
over an empty chair

but you're nowhere now you're nowhere now
oh you're nowhere now oh you're nowhere now
you're nowhere now
you walk in place
you search the lines
in my face
you're nowhere now
I'll stay behind
to tend to the fraying
ties that bind

sometimes I get so tired
that my eyes can barely see
the clock across the hall
or the one in front of me
so I just run on faith
that the days are rolling by
and they'll tap me on the shoulder
if I forget to cry

Who am I to ask for favors
who am I to search for blame
in a so world filled with sadness
and a world so filled with pain
just a ripple...just a ripple in the sea
or another grain of sand
but if you can see it through
to wipe this scourge from the land

but you're nowhere now you're nowhere now
you're nowhere now you're nowhere now
you're nowhere now
you walk in place
you search the lines
in my face
you're nowhere now
but I'll stay behind
to tend to the fraying
ties that bind

sometimes I get so tired
my eyes can barely see
the clock across the hall
or the one in front of me
so I just run on faith
that the days are rolling by
and they'll tap me on the shoulder
if I forget to cry

but you're nowhere now you're nowhere now
you're nowhere now you're nowhere now
you're nowhere now
you walk in place
you search the lines
in my face
you're nowhere now
but I'll stay behind
to tend to the fraying
ties that bind