Tom Waits - The Mayfly

The Mayfly

"The mayfly lives for
Only one day
Only one day
Only one day
I have only one life
Here amidst all this time
That was here before me
And all of the time that
Will follow
After I am gone
When I consider the mayfly
And how long I will stay
Don't we all really only
Live for a day
Don't we all really only
Live for a day?"

Hard Ground (Photographs by Michael O'Brien, poems by Tom Waits)