Don’t Quit

If it was easy, you wouldn’t want it, anyway

At my book release party in LA for When the Sky Opens and the Answers Shimmer

If god had a plan
A roadmap and a van
I’d be rolling through the dust just as fast as I can
But since this is something we can’t truly know
I keep my eyes open wherever I go
Is it written in the stars, the underbelly of the bar
The fortune cookie crumpled in the backseat of the car
Just a sign of direction, a woman’s inflection
Where this ship in a storm may find some protection
Well maybe a map just ain’t how it goes
’Cause the answers would strip all the truth from the woes
I look to the sky and I dig through the car
I check the reflection in the bathroom of the bar
’Cause we all gonna journey through the valley of despair
The part of the story that doesn’t seem fair
You’ve been at it long, years long gone, and it feels
Like you must be doing something wrong
Because the growth, the success, the recognition
Doesn’t come
I wanna put my hands up
Be fuckin’ done . . .