words and music by Arlo Guthrie      And for myself I have no regrets   That time has taken what it soon forgets   A gambler's paradise in short vignettes      These stolen moments from the hourglass   A burning candle while the night-time lasts   Upon my pillow where my dreams float past      And all my memories seem to come alive   I think of everyone who still survives   And those who haven't may yet still arrive      I want to take the time to let you know   I've had a hard time letting feelings show   And through it all I love you even so      A poet's pleasure is to hear in time   The painter pictures what he's left behind   I close my eyes and it all leaves my mind      I sit alone and hear the sparrow sing   No way of knowing what tommorow brings   I leave my solitude upon his wings