Toward Tomorrow
Toward Tomorrow is a song about a man rediscovering himself after years of alcohol and drug abuse. It is the story of a man abused in childhood by his father who falls in with the wrong crowd in high school and starts to use alcohol and drugs to deal with his emotional pain. He hits bottom through not being able to work and having to live homeless off the land in the California desert. This song is a mournful elegy to a life that was almost taken away, but now starting to find itself and reclaim its worth.
He was born of parents who did not get along
Went with his mother when it all went wrong
But then in a rage, his dad took him back
Stolen for a couple of years
Now he sits in the chair,
remembers some things
Where he lived his highschool years
Took some mushrooms
and jumped out of a tree
At least he’s alive and moving on
Heart full of grief
Head full of sorrow
Stumbling, fumbling, bumbling
Toward tomorrow
Learned to work on cars doing auto detail
Hung out with the gangs, did more drugs
Taught him to shoplift for food and for clothes
He did this for a number of years
Now he sits in the chair,
remembers some things
When he had no rent and lived in the hills
He did some more drugs,
lost most of his teeth
At least he’s alive and moving on
Heart full of grief
Head full of sorrow
Stumbling, fumbling, bumbling
Toward tomorrow
Now he sits in the chair,
remembers some things
Laughs about his life on the run
No drugs, no alcohol runs through his veins
He’s glad he’s alive and moving on
Heart full of grief
Head full of sorrow
Stumbling, fumbling, bumbling
Heart full of grief
Head full of sorrow
Stumbling, fumbling, bumbling
Toward tomorrow
©2025 Michael Gutierrez-May