Wednesday, January 2, 2019

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
 

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