Elderberry Wine (for Elton John)

How can I ever

get it together

without a mind 

that’s mine?

The sea in the summer,

the sky in the fall,

walking out where we

could not stand

on a shore of sand

intoxicated to a man,

how can I ever

get it together

without my life in line?

There’s a fly in the window

a dog in the yard,

“and the eyes of it’s eyes

are as lost as you’ll find”.

“Drunk all the time 

feel’n fine 

on elderberry wine.”