The years have followed me in life
And now they’re quite a few
And more and more there’s something
I find I’d like to do
When I was young I knew someone
But that was years ago
And all I ask is one more time
So I asked and asked all around
And finally I found
She was living now in a senior’s home
In a small country town
I went and said there’s someone here
I’d really like to see
As she opened up her door I said
Guess you don’t remember me.
Chorus
Love first found you and me
We’d meet and be together
And so often we would sit and talk
For hours at a time
And we first lay together there
I know so many years have passed
And when I came back I couldn’t see
The man I used to be
Yes I thought of you and looked at me
Felt you deserved much more
So I didn’t bother ask you marry
This casualty of war
She smiled and said there’s something too
That I wish to say
In an accident I lost my sight
While you were gone away
I wondered if you’d still want me
Now that I couldn't see
So leaving what I wanted most
Was the hardest thing for me
Chorus
And I said I too remember when
Love found you and me
We’d meet and be together
Beneath an old oak tree
And so often we would sit and talk
And we first lay together there
Just each other on our mind
I asked her if she’d like to walk
In the garden outside
She said I’ll find my white cane;
It’s now my walking guide
I said Oh don’t bother
Here’s my hand, this walk’s on me
We gently strolled and reminisced
About an old oak tree
Yes we both remembered very well
Our favourite old oak tree
©Rollie Herritt June 2001