Long after you were gone
My dad told me a tale
Of something you had done
To deal with every day
You started with four walls
A bottom and a lid
Squared them up, closed the top
And then you hid
Each and every worry that you’d write down and put away
Until the week would finally end – you’d face your fears and troubled days
Open up you worry box
And read each care aloud
And if you hadn’t reconciled
You’d place it back inside to drown
But the rest you burned
You shared your thoughts with many
So they built their own
And every Friday they’d sit down
At five alone
Pour a dry martini
And open up their box
Take out the first care
And see if it unlocked
Any feelings of regret or fear they hadn’t quite put down
Or anxiety about the things they couldn’t turn around
They opened up their worry box
And read each care aloud
And if they hadn’t reconciled
They’d place it back inside to drown
But they rest they burned
It’s my grandfather’s worry club
And I’m keeping it alive
‘cause sometimes the worlds too much
And I just wanna hide
So I open up my worry box
And read each one aloud
‘Cause nothing ever comes
From letting worry stick around
And if I haven’t reconciled
I’ll place it back inside to drown
But the rest I’ll burn
Burn
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