THE YEARS

 

        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

If I could say hello

 

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

         She said do you remember when

         Love first found you and me

         We’d meet and be together

         Beneath an old oak tree

         And so often we would sit and talk

         For hours at a time

         And we first lay together there

         Just each other on our mind

 

         I know so many years have passed

         Since I went overseas

         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

For hours at a time

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

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