is this all there is?

Is that all there is, is that all there is
If that's all there is my friends, then let's keep dancing
Let's break out the booze and have a ball
If that's all there is

by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller





will always be
the longing
no matter how much
the love
forever searching,
seeking
questioning
God above

alone
I feel at peace
hear the birds
watch them fly
while I remain
upon the ground --
no answer
to the why

this the way
it's always been
will be
forevermore
a lonely soul
beside the highway
always wanting more

I know
that it's the giving
that fills a heart with love.
but, sitting in the dark
the cold,
the stillness,
somethings missing
(a hand to hold)

Is this all there is,
all thats meant to be?
what hope for tomorrow?
today, another just the same.
yesterday (no taking back)
clouds drift in
from gray
to black