In Honor Of You (george) Lyrics - Carly Simon

How can I go on when every thought hurts? 

I flirt with the notion of no more songs 

My old familiar foe, self pity haunts me 

I? m stuck in some over-the-mountain town 

In a meaningless bar where fat hands? round the Steiner? s 

And no one cares if it suns or pours, in an hour between trains 

Barney puts the record on and the aimless rise to dance 

Embrace me, my sweet embraceable you 

I see you, George, in your apartment on Riverside Drive 

Some fifty years ago, your fingers on the keys 

Looking for the song, looking for that hook 

Embrace me, you irreplaceable you 

Who were you then? Did you have a woman? 

Were you hard up for cash? 

Did you ever know you? d be heard in the middle distance 

In some over-the-mountain town? 

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Connecting to the muscles of the dancers 

In this close and smoky room 

Who were you then? Were you sure of your tune? 

Or were your dreams and your courage all broken down like mine? 

Now there? s something that clutches the heart 

A melody that stays year after year 

I love all the many charms about you 

Above all I want my arms around you 

I? m already late for my train 

But I don? t think about that, I think of you, George 

At your piano, sweating in the summer heat 

By the way, did you get your girl 

Did you by your house in the country? 

Did you wait for something that never came? 

Did you die still waiting for your train? 

Don? t be a naughty baby, come to mama 

Come to mama do 

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Some part of your heart twists and turns in mine 

Your soul rises, there? s an angel in charge 

There? s one note that weeps the truth 

And makes my life mean something just for the length of 

Embrace me, my sweet embraceable you 

Embrace me, you irreplaceable you 

Don? t be a naughty baby, come to mama 

Come to mama do 

I will go home, I will try again 

I will catch the train, catch another breath 

Move back to the piano and let the notes do what they? ll do 

In honor of you, George, in honor of you