The great shadow maker rises in time Some things you keep, some you leave behind Words on a page for the sake of a rhyme Alice among the pines The blackened waters of serpentine Turn gold and the water snakes all entwined And this I took as a sign Alice among the pines Well reasons are many and excuses are few Ever spinning the reverie Into this dream of mine, in this endless dream of mine A step from the shadows one last time To lie down in the columbine Her life is a eulogy, I tried to keep time I'd sing along if she threw me a line And we entered the forest, deep, dark and sublime Her words, not mine Alice among the pines