I lived my life much like the song- day by day, heedless of the future, the consequences of my actions, the people I hurt. And that last verse is so accurate it's painful- "Alone, alone.... And now I'm old, I'm wise I'm smart. I'm just a man with half a heart. I wonder how hinges might have been, had I not cast my fate to the wind."
A month of nights, a year of days Octobers drifting into Mays I set my sail when the tide comes in And I just cast my fate to the wind I shift my course along the breeze Won't sail up wind on memories The empty sky is my best friend And I just cast my fate to the wind That time has a way of changing a man throughout the years And now I’m rearranging my life through all my tears Alone, alone, alone There never was, there couldn't be A place in time for men like me Who'd drink the dark and laugh at day And let their wildest dreams blow away That time has a way of changing a man throughout the years And now I’m rearranging my life through all my tears Alone, alone, alone So now I’m old, I’m wise, I’m smart I’m just a man with half a heart I wonder how it might have been And I hadn’t cast my fate to the wind To the wind, to the wind
I remember when I discovered this LP in my stepfather's collection. My thought was "This song has WORDS". Loved it since then. (My stepfather had the Vince Guaraldi LP, too).
