Almost Everything (Live)

I know just where to begin Singing my songs into the wind Letting them just blow away And never hearing them again Friends of mine were in a band Halifax was on the stands I thought I had a chance To be like them So I recorded and I sang About the things that I knew of back then Some kids who heard and saw me in them At a time in their lives When music was everything It was everything Loading up my red Tercel With my guitar and things to sell Getting to the Embassy hotel Just in time to play The year was 1994 They were cross-legged on the floor Listening to my bedroom wall Oh those were the days When I recorded and I sang About the things that I knew of back then Some kids who heard and saw me in them At a time in our lives When music was everything It was everything Then everything changed over the phone California to my home My hero's voice after the tone Yeah my mind was blown Soon every note became a song And I was rarely alone Most of what I longed for was gone So I shut things out But I'm recording once again While my kid is upstairs in bed And I'll admit that now and then That some nights when I'm strumming Or maybe just drumming The music is still everything Well almost everything