To Each His Own
Written by Gerry Beckley, ©1972
Found on Homecoming, America Live, Encore: More Greatest Hits, Highway, The Definitive America, Homecoming-DVD-Audio, and The Grand Cayman Concert.

To each his own it's plain to see
To walk alone you have to be
It's all for you and all for me, you'll see

I'm gonna miss you, yes, I will
No matter who you are, I'll love you still
For my life is my conscience, the seeds I sow
I just wanted to let you know

Familiar faces that I've seen
Turnin' red and turnin' green
They just got caught with writing on their sleeve, I guess I'll leave

I'm gonna miss you, yes, I will
No matter who you are, I'll love you still
Will you cancel my papers and lock the door
Cause I ain't gonna be 'round no more

Will I make it through the summer
Breaking ties with the old and new
Losing one just gains another
There is nothing I can do

I'm gonna miss you, yes, I will
No matter who you are I'll love you still
For my life is my conscience, the seeds I sow
And I just wanted to let you know

I'm gonna miss you, yes, I will
No matter who you are, I'll love you still
Will you cancel my papers and lock the door
Cause I ain't gonna be 'round no more

I'm gonna miss you, yes, I will
No matter who you are I'll love you still
For my life is my conscience, the seeds I sow
And I just wanted to let you know

I'm gonna miss you ...

Highway Highlight (from the box set booklet)
Beckley's "To Each His Own" was among the album's standout ballads, melodically graceful and emotionally bittersweet. "I am my own harshest critic, I think, but that song still works for me to this day," he says. "It's obviously a song about leaving, and I think it got it summed up pretty well. I wrote it when we first moved to California, and obviously there were a lot of emotions flying around, because not only was it a big step for us professionally, but it was the first time I had really moved away from home."


Last Revised: 23 November 2002