Time On My Side

                            Time just slips away

                            and the days they start to flow.

                            When I was young and strong I could only see light.

                            Against the years I had everywhere to go.

                            And the rivers I would cross

                            and the sunsets I went through.

                            Running like a free horse out of the fold

                            and there was nothing to do but dream about the new.



                            In the moonlight under a Sycamore tree

                            I drew my first love up close to me.

                            I remember how she set my soul free.

                            Oh what a friend wish I could do it again.



                            The days whirled by so fast

                            I took that girl and made us a home.

                            Surrounded by the youth we needed to live

                            we watched the time pass til we left it alone.

                            Guess we lost our way

                            and now we're on our own.

                            I was running from her she was running from me

                            never noticed the pain that was starting to grow.



                            We stayed past the limit wasting our time

                            crushing all the values we brought in.

                            We lost in the end we were way out of line

                            and there's no going back there again.



                            The Autumn days have finally come.

                            There's shelter in the memories now.

                            Hindsight's visions are on the run

                            now I got time to look around.



                            Oh time and time again

                            I still think of you my friend.

                            We had our good years and I miss you sometimes

                            but I got time on my side again.

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poetvg's picture

i can relate to
this subject to
keep writing into the future

darkpool's picture

Another keeper, Eric. Love the horse out of the fold image. Sunsets and sycamore trees (I didn't know they grew in our land of snow). I hope I too can find shelter in the memories when I grow old and grey ... hey, whatta ya mean when??? Ken

Carla Mobley's picture

The last verse could stand alone. Yeah. I can relate to these regrets. I have a few myself. (Maybe a hundred.)