Church Directory

tell me what's your number

what's your new address

you knew me so long ago

still i must confess

i ain't done much wandering

i'm still here today

so if you want to look me up

this is where i'll stay

in the church directory

you'll know where to find me

you look through the yearbooks

of our early stages

and you memorize the listings

in the yellow pages

i'll be like them photographs

from 1921

where everyone's out on the stairs

in the April sun

in the church directory...

every year they take a picture

of the latest class

and display it in the basement

up behind the glass

and after my obituary

fades without a trace

i won't need no newspaper

because i got a place

in the church directory...