Worked hard to to get by for so long
And then last year, my mama died
Always struggling, trying to get ahead
Now I wonder why I even tried.

Not that long ago, I could have made it
I held my head up on the road
Been kicked around and I’ve suffered
Now I can’t shoulder a light load
I always dreamed that I’d get here
Always saw things just out of my grasp
Always just one piece missing from the puzzle
Now I feel it’s my last gasp
Standing in the road, looking behind me
Been so long and hard, climbing this hill
It’s all I can do to catch my breath and wonder
If I have enough strength to walk on still
I always dreamed that I’d get here
Always saw things just out of my grasp
Always just one piece out of the puzzle
Now I feel it’s my last gasp

verse and chorus, 2/5/22, amended and rewritten 2/11/22
FAWM 2022

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