Lyrics of and My Thoughts on "Tomorrow's Goodbye"

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Quite a contrast from the rest of the Edge of Forever album, I could not believe my ears the first time I heard this song.  Johnny can write beautiful ballads too!  Definitely inpired by "All I Can Do Is Write About It," this song carries the environmental message to a whole new generation.  It opens with gentle guitar arpeggios and then Johnny:

I'm just a city boy,
But there's a small town side to me,
And I feel it closin' in.
Are we blind to see
That she's dyin' more each day
And she's crying out to you and me.

Prechorus:
Chances come an' when they're gone,
They curse the fools that wait too long

Chorus:
So let's take care of what we have,
Before the good we know goes bad.
And the beauty fades, and just slips away.
The dirty air, the dying seas,
Will this be the world we leave
To the wild and young?
I say, just look at what we've done.
And right before our eyes,
Today's yesterday
Will be tomorrow's goodbye.

Here comes the rain,
And it might wash her tears away,
But it doesn't change a thing.
Like my brother before me,
All I can do is write this song.
And for her I sing.
  Sound familar?  What a wonderful way to honor Ronnie.  If you listen closely you can hear the Free Bird call after this line, very stirring.

Prechorus
Chorus

Bridge:
Do you ever think about
The future or the past?
Do you ever wonder
How long this world will last?

A short, lovely guitar solo, then a final chorus.