It was way back when I was hanging from a tire swing
With a group of childhood friends, wishing the recess school bell end would never ring…
There was that tall bright girl who had then, yet to see the world
Wore a yellow ribbon in her hair
We would sit in shade of some old pine trees
Where the daffodils still bloom… Oh if only she knew
We had some pretty good times, haven’t seen her for a while
Ten years went by and I found her one night
Collapsed on my door step, high on what ever she’d just have to take
She blamed the world for everything that she was in
Used and betrayed in ever which way
I said “I wouldn’t abandon you, its been so long
But there’s so little I could do… when you abandoned your self…”
Heaven, Did I try, I was so confused
How’d this happen to a friend I once knew…
She’s gone again… I don’t know where the hell she’s been
God, please reach for her hand
Cause no one can…

Those were the days
When we were young
Skipping in a daisy field
Still sucking our thumb
We were so naïve
So innocent….

There was a boy at the lamb farm from Iran
He gave me gold kitty-cat earrings I still wear now…
Taught me how to ride a horse when I couldn’t catch a hen
Took me by the hand to skate to that old Titanic song
It went “my heart will go on…”
Yes my heart will stay strong
I wonder how he’s doing now, what’s he up to now
Does he ever think of me, can he still remember me now?
There’s that young lady in New Jersey who has cancer now
Her husband left her in a dumpster-couldn’t realize he’s wrong
She’s got a little girl who says “Mommy stay strong”
“Don’t leave me now…. Mommy please hold on!”
I wonder will they ever find a cure…find a cure in time?
God please help them all out… help all who try to stay strong

Those were the days
Back when we were young
Dancing hand in hand
To some old children’s song
We were too naïve
too innocent….
Those were the days
When we were young
Catching butterflies
Pretending we could take flight
We were so naïve
So innocent…
It was way back when I was hanging from a tire swing
With a group of childhood friends, wishing the recess school bell end would never ring…