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Edited on Wed Jun-21-06 12:41 AM by blues90
Grass stains on blue jeans , chasing a blinking fire-fly , sitting on the edge of a farm pond watching a turtle reach for air , fitting in at grade school , feeling the spirit of holidays as if everyone shares the day together all connected as one . The changes of puberty . Black and white TV .Music class with the clarinet .
The day Kennedy died .
Rock and roll radio , hearing the new music and feeling the wave of change , the importance of learning and books and personal views , somethings happening here and it is not quite so clear . Must learn to play the guitar .
Vietnam and the fear and the protest begin , friends disappear , you wait you turn to come . Woodstock brings together peace and a hope . Holidays are a time to remember those who have come and gone so young , so young .
It's time to become serious , must decide the direction to take , will I work for labor or will I work for steak . Will I want a family , can I follow through .
The war is finally over , and where did they all go , I will miss them all badly, I am older than they will ever be , how can this be and I know it's true .
They say life must go on , as we go through age and change , some sort of distance , the past folds in and I begin to miss it . I want to go home .
Life does go on , I feel nowhere the same , part of me is missing ,I don't know who or what to blame , they say life does go on , they say .
I wake and I work , I sleep , I return . Am I settled , have I found my place .
Lennon is shot .
How can this be , is our voice now gone , I know I don't feel quite the same , are we together like it was on the holiday .
Life goes on so they say , is it now that is real or has it gone ,it this to be , will I find wonder will I find hope .
Politics and the boss , I can go on , the worst is over , there will be more fun , talk of the old days , all are memory , is this who I've become .
It's a new generation , here I now find , parts of me missing , parts of me blind , parts of me hopeful , life will go one , yes they say life will go on . I embrace to good old days , i will hold on .
This cannot be , unfolding before me now , stolen elections buildings do fall . I did the right thing , I played by the law , I helped where I could have , I worked on and on . They say life will go on , they say .
More death and destruction , more hunger and greed , this can't be , it's not happening to me . They say , life will go on , they say trust me , life will go on .
Divided we stand , more blood on their hands , I played by the rules , I liked my fellow man , I remember the old times , I remember my friends , how can this happen , is this now the end . They say life will go on , trust me man , life will go on , you are kept safe , life will go on , they say , they say life will go on .
How to get past this , who is my friend , where will I work , who will I defend ,I feel the people hurting , I can't be alone , I wake with a start now and smell the fresh air , wonder if tomorrow I will still be , where .
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