New Year's Eve
by Derek Brink
Copyright 2010, Work in Progress
Reprinted by permission.

Lyrics:

New Year's Eve, once again.
I'm wondering why I'm here instead
of being somewhere else.
I'm all by myself.
Somewhere else, someone's getting kissed.
I wish my life were more than this,
but I've been in bed since 9:15,
hoping for a nicer dream.

Tell me once more, what's the fun in this?
There must be something I've missed.
Reassure me that somewhere
there's a party I won't want to leave.
'Cause right now all I have is another New Year's Eve.

What's to celebrate, again?
Didn't even get a call from my friends,
but I don't want to talk anyway.
None of them have much to say.
New Year's Eve, once again.
I'm hoping for the world to end,
like they promised in '99.
That would suit me fine.

Tell me once more, what's the fun in this?
There must be something I've missed.
Reassure me that somewhere
there's a party I won't want to leave.
'Cause right now all I have is another New Year's Eve.

Another year gone by and I've dug my own ditch.
Who needs a mile-marker when I haven't moved an inch?
This is where I am.
This isn't what I had planned.

Tell me once more, what's the fun in this?
There must be something I've missed.
Reassure me that somewhere
there's a party I won't want to leave.
'Cause right now all I have is another New Year's Eve.

Happy New Year to you!