HAP AND CIRCUMSTANCE

HAP AND CIRCUMSTANCE

WRITTEN BY JEFF R HILTON

2018

UP BEFORE THE DAWN

WE SHIVERED WHILE WE WAITED

FOR THE SUN

TO THE BUS STOP AT THE END OF THE LANE

FOR A RIDE TO SCHOOL

AND LIFE FOREVER CHANGED

ACADEMICALLY SPEAKING, I DIDN'T

A COUNTRY BOY SURROUNDED

 BY FIELDS AND TREES 

AS SHY AS WINTER IN INDIAN SUMMER

I STILL TRIED

ON A MOONLIT COUNTRY NIGHT

MY NEEDS SATISFIED

IT WAS JUST A KISS

BUT CUPIDS DART FOUND ITS MARK

SENT ME SPINNING ROUND

I'M NOT CONVINCED

MY FEET WERE ON THE GROUND

THE WINDS BLOW

HAP AND CIRCUMSTANCE

TOOK ME AWAY

JUST LIKE A SLOW DANCE

SAID GOOD BYE

TO THE FARM

WHAT COULD BE THE HARM

WITH SO MUCH OUT THERE TO SEE

I THOUGHT MAYBE THE WORLD WAS MINE

RIGHT UP TO THE TIMES

THAT I WAS HUMBLED BY LIFE

SO MANY WAYS TO BREAK YOUR HEART 

ITS YOUR SPIRIT THAT SETS YOU APART

CAN'T TAKE THE COUNTRY FROM MY SOUL

I MIGHT LOSE SOMETIMES

BUT I NEVER LET GO

TIME MIGHT FIND ME IN A MEMORY

TOO GOOD TO LET GO

BUILDING TUNNELS THROUGH THE SNOW

THROWING BALES IN THE SUMMER SUN

TURNING GOLDEN BROWN

SUMMER DREAMS AT THE LAKE

WATCHING THE WAVES BREAK

ON THE SAND

WALKING THROUGH THE WOODS ALONE

WITH MY IMAGINATION RUNNING WILD 

TIMES WERE SUCH THAT

I NEVER KNEW HOW FREE I WAS

LYING IN THE GRASS

WATCHING THE STARS

JUST BECAUSE

FOND MEMORIES TRAPPED THERE IN TIME

A LIFETIME OF SURPRISES

BUT I GUESS IT ALL WORKED OUT FINE

FOLLOWED THE WINDS

HAP AND CIRCUMSTANCE LED THE WAY

ALL I COULD DO WAS GO ALONG