I Remember

I REMEMBER

WRITTEN B J.R HILTON

2017

SOMETIMES I GET THINKING, ABOUT ANOTHER TIME

THAT'S SLIPPED SO FARAWAY

I REMEMBER SCHOOL  COUNTRY ROADS 

TRACTORS AND WAGONS STRAINING UNDER THEIR LOADS

MARCHING BANDS AND COUNTRY FAIRS

DAYS FILLED WITH LITTLE AND NO CARES

THE FIGHTS THE CHEERS

AND ALL OF THE DARES

I REMEMBER SUMMER VACATIONS

I REMEMBER LAKES AND SAND 

DAYS FILLED WITH SUNSHINE

FROM START TO END

I REMEMBER THE STEADY DRONE OF TRAFFIC ON THE HIGHWAY

HOW I COULDN'T WAIT TO SEE THE WORLD

LOOKING AT THE MOON AND STARS 

THE FEELING SOMETHING BIGGER WAS OUT THERE

EXACTLY WHAT I WASN'T SURE

BUT IT WAS SOOTHING

BRINGING PEACE TO EARTH WHILE SHE'S ASLEEP

I REMEMBER RUNNING THROUGH FIELDS OF CORN

IN SECOND HAND JEANS ALREADY WORN

GOOD TIMES THAT I HAD OFFSET BY THE SAD

I REMEMBER DREAMS TOUCHING MY SOUL

THE DAY I SAID I HAD TO GO

I REMEMBER DAYS ON THE ROAD

WEST ON THE HIGHWAY AS FAR AS IT GOES

I REMEMBER SALVATION ARMY BELLS

RINGING OUT IN THE SNOWY STREETS

I REMEMBER LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO SLEEP

SHIVERING IN THE WINTER COLD

THINKING ABOUT CALIFORNIA AND COULD I MAKE IT THAT FAR

I REMEMBER HIPPIES AND GAS-TOWN

I REMEMBER HITCHHIKING EVERYWHERE I WENT  

OCEAN TIDES AND FERRY RIDES 

EXPLORING ISLANDS IN THE SUN

CASTLES THAT WERE LOST AND WON

MEMORIES SINKING DEEP INTO THE CENTURY

I REMEMBER UNTIL I CAN'T REMEMBER NO MORE

SWEET, MEMORIES