Is there anymore inspirational song than Crosby, Stills Nash & Young's "Wasted on the Way"? It almost borders on the maudlin. Yes the time is truly gone, isn't now? Strangely enough this was true twenty years ago as it is now. Anyway the instrumental track propells the song along at such a relentless (and I should add happy) fashion that, well it's a bit like life isn't it, before you know it the song is over.

Look around meI can see my life before me
Running rings around the way it used to be
I am older now
I have more than what I wanted
But I wish that I had started long before I did
And there's so much time to make up everywhere you turn
Time we have wasted on the way
So much water moving underneath the bridge
Let the water come and carry us away
[Instrumental (Fiddle)]
Oh, when you were young
Did you question all the answers
Did you envy all the dancers who had all the nerve
Look around you know
You must go for what you wanted
Look at all my friends who did and got what they deserved
So much time to make up everywhere you turn
Time we have wasted on the way
So much water moving underneath the bridge
Let the water come and carry us away
So much love to make up everywhere you turn
Love we have wasted on the way
So much water moving underneath the bridge
Let the water come and carry us away
Let the water come and carry us away

"Carpe Diem" becomes painful regret with a Dionysian garnish on the side. The dancing silhouettes on the ridge ala the "Seventh Seal".