This song was first released on the Rhymes and Reasons album. It is the only album it has been released on.





Today is the first day

Of the rest of my life

I wake as a child

To see the world begin

On monarch queens

And birthday wonderings

Want to put on faces

Walk in the wet and cold



And look forward to my growing old



To grow old is to change

To change is to be new

To be new is to be young again

I barely remember when

My memories are stolen by the moming

Blotted out by the suns hypnotic eye



Today is the first day

Of the rest of my life

I wake as a child

To see the world begin

On monarch queens

And birthday wondenngs

Want to put on faces



Words and Music by P & V Garvey