Badge

 How's it possible to take a wrong turn?

After doing the knowledge? The hard way to learn

A taxi driver knows every short cut

The easy way  never stuck in a rut

So why then tell me how can a man

Go off track rather than

stay on the level while wearing the badge

with no chance of a re-match had

Thinking outside the box was your special strength

The whole nine yards taken with extra length

"Come back old friend You have a Mountain to climb"

The clock is running turn back time

Every extra mile please stay in touch

Wear the Badge that meant so much

You didn't finish the living that you paid for

Wear your badge and even the score

When a friend says something that makes you smile

Talks the talk and walks with style

why would they be dealt crippling pain

leaving the station on the wrong dam train

Dementia gets worse before you can blink

Your not able to plan, converse or think

You cant remember the good times or things so bad

You cant even drive or apologize without that badge

The Badge that tells me You were nobodies fool

The green Badge of honor in London real cool

You drove a black cab for so many years

The Badge now Blue we are reduced to tears

The favors you did and the house that you made

Became your sunlight and now your shade

I really wish you could come back

I could swop Dementia for a panic attack

"Come back old friend You have a Mountain to climb"

The clock is running turn back time

Every extra mile please stay in touch

Wear the Badge that meant so much

Your humor and laughter was often sincere

Lets go back to the bar and have a cold beer

I'm not sure how your memory loss

has taken away your personal cost

You paid your dues and always were there

For family and friends you always cared

"Come back old friend You have a Mountain to climb"

The clock is running turn back time

Every extra mile please stay in touch

Wear the Badge that meant so much

The time before last that I saw you

Told me everything but nothing new

I always knew you earned the respect

We will treasure your badge when nothing is left.

Your my friend and my special brother in law

A diamond on the fairway an Eagle par four

We take life for granted but take this from Me

We love You and miss you unconditionally.

Hey hey hey   hey hey hey

Pull over governor park in the bay

 Taxi man are you for hire

"TAKE US HOME" Is OUR HEARTS DESIRE