From the recording Shadow Puppets And My Little Baboon
Golden Rule - Have you ever been curious about how much time we waste in life by waiting in line? Weather it be in the grocery store line, on the freeway or being on hold when your on the phone. How about that conversation you wished you would have had. This song tells a story of a man who lives those thoughts and realizing that life has these rules that can't seem to be avoided.
Lyrics
Golden Rule By: Howie Askay
I remember just the other day, When you said your man has gone away
Even though you treated him just like a king
You seemed to have followed every rule, Showed him love through your hearts endless pool
And in return he would just keep you on a string
He gave you hope that he can change, So you pushed passed trust and rearranged
Your life so you can fit between his stars
(Chorus) Is this life’s golden rule
To sit until your called upon, it seems so very cruel
Does she know, well that I
Would carry her across the sky, so she could finally fly
All the things I should have had the guts to say, Well that was yesterday
Well I called her on a Saturday, I said would you like to be a castaway
On a trip that would leave you lost with a friend
She said, my heart nearly skipped a beat, So I swept her up off her feet
And begin to lead her heart along the way
She took a step back and looked at me, And said maybe we should let this be
We’re far to close to the sun to fly away
Chorus) Is this life’s golden rule
To sit until we’re called upon, well it seems so very cruel
Does she know, well that I
Would carry her across the sky, so she could finally fly
All the things I should have had the guts to say, Well that was yesterday
(Bridge) Two weeks have gone when she shows up to my door
Said she has made a big mistake
let’s take that walk through life and peer above a star
Will sit right down, right where we are
Now I woke up next to her in bed, I remember that one thing she said
As she left to take the kids on off to school
She drops them off and begins to stride, But on the corner a truck begins to slide
And lands itself on her she won’t survive
All the things that I didn’t say cause I thought there’d be another day
Now I’m sitting here lost until I’m called upon
Chorus) Is this life’s golden rule
To sit until we’re called upon, well it seems so very cruel
Does she know, well that I
Would carry her across the sky, so she could finally fly
All the things I should have had the guts to say, Well that was yesterday
All the things I thought I had the time to say, goodby to yesterday