How Many Times

There's a coat that I won't wear again 'till late some time this year And when I hang it in my closet I'll go on about my day Just a passing little chore but before I close the door I take one final look upon it And I wonder just the same How many times? How many times? Will I get to see the season's change And stand here at the door? How many times? How many times? Will I be sittin' here? How many times? Well there's a general store in Maine Where I spent some younger days I took a drive one day to see it With a long lost love of mine And though that day it now was years ago I can not help but feel as though I was such a foolish child As we argued on the ride How many times? How many times? Did I look for something petty As love stared me in the eye's How many times? How many times? Will I get that chance again? How many times? There's a simple understanding In the moments undemanding of our notice We build years and months and days Until we're sudenly afraid of what we've chosen Have I done all that I can? Could I have been a better man? I need to do more with these moments Need do more with less time It's time to ease from concentration Into focus And there's a friend that I once knew And before his days were through He was dark and he was stormy But he could laugh at all the world I loved him Took it all in stride And though I laughed only outside I'd give my life to take the loneliness That he had to endure How many times? How many times? Did I get to see my friend alive And think nothing of it? How many times? How many times? Did I look upon his face How many times? And though he's gone now I have this song now And I'll still get to sit here Remembering the lines And though I'm not yet under I can't help but wonder Will we get this chance again How many times?