Bridge to Somewhere

The youth gets together his materials to build a bridge to the moon or perchance a palace or temple on the earth and at length the middle-aged man concludes to build a woodshed with them. - Thoreau

Belhaven Bridge - Dunbar, Scotland

[tryin' to get to heaven

lost in hell

it's not so easy to ride an ocean swell]

thought i had a ticket

thought i knew the way

maps are hard to unfold

no matter what the devil may say

[tryin' to get to heaven

lost in hell

it's not so easy to ride an ocean swell]

not sure which way to go

help me lord

send an angel to guide, hurry, please

they're callin', "all aboard"

[tryin' to get to heaven

lost in hell

it's not so easy to ride an ocean swell]

this thing called faith just ain't easy

clingin' to hope and lettin' go of despair

it's better at your back when the way is breezy

[tryin' to get to heaven

lost in hell

it's not so easy to ride an ocean swell]

so many lost souls tryin' to cross over

don't know where they're goin' but still they try

bridges work both ways

don't ask me why

[tryin' to get to heaven

lost in hell

it's not so easy to ride an ocean swell]

Author's Note

"As we passed under the last bridge over the canal, just before reaching the Merrimack, the people coming out of church paused to look at us from above, and apparently, so strong is custom, indulged in some heathenish comparisons; but we were the truest observers of this sunny day.“ - Thoreau