Bend Like a Willow...the lyrics

All my life I’ve tried to find a place where I could be
Secure within a center that was calm and trouble-free
Thought the peace I sought was realizing this desire
Tried so hard to get there but my hope began to tire

Then I learned the secret’s simply letting what is be
Accepting what the wind of life is blowing down to me
Going with the flow I find the peace that’s bound to last
Now is all the time I have to love before it’s past

I’ve got to bend like a willow
In the wind that’s blowing free
I’ve got to bow to the current…that we call reality

Like a child I thought that life should give me what I want
Every wish be granted and no difficulty haunt
I believed that one day when I realized this dream
I’d be oh so happy in this fickle changing scheme

What we call reality is right here in the now
And when I don’t accept it doesn’t change it anyhow
All that non-acceptance does is bring on fear and hate
Insane is the one who cannot face the fruits of fate

I’ve got to bend like a willow
In the wind that’s blowing free
I’ve got to bow to the current…that we call reality


More than once I’ve raised my fist and shook it at the sky
Cursed this path of seeking out the wherefore and the why
Longing for the dawn while clinging to a starless night
Girding for the battle and then running from the fight

Life is like the wind it’s sometimes gentle sometimes rough
And any time I hate the way it is well that’s just tough
When I can allow what is to be I’ve found the way
When I can embrace the now I rise above the fray

I’ve got to bend like a willow
In the wind that’s blowing free
I’ve got to bow to the current…that we call reality