Furry Family

“Looking back few friends had we
but I've got him and he's got me.
And when the golden minute comes
when we no longer wake to smell
the river where the wild swans sailed
the orchard where the blossoms fell,
we'll smile a little thinkin' of that.
Me in my shirt-tails, him with his whiskers
me and the cat.” Rod McKuen

EVERY LONER HAS TO GO ALONE
Animals and angels are the same
they're just known by different kinds of names,
can't you see, I'm ready to be gone, travel on...
Every loner has to go alone.

I know, I know...
I've been alone a lifetime and I know.
Every loner has to go alone.

The wonder and the wander in your eyes
don't hardly come to me as much surprise.
Guess that you were meant to travel on, travel home...

Well, every loner has to go alone.

I know, yes I know...
I've been alone a lifetime and I know.
Every loner has to go alone.

If you ever pass this way again,
hope you'll give a thought to dropping in.

Well, life gets kind of ragged even though it's for free
It's nice to have a little company.

I know, yes I know...
I've been alone a lifetime and I know.
Every loner has to go alone.

If I ever pass this way again...

Hope you'll give a thought to dropping in...
Up here you will always find a friend and a home...

Though every loner has to go alone.
Rod McKuen - from the album "The Black Eagle", 1978