when I remember you

I think of days by the ocean

where our songs were sung

in the middle of summer

when we were still young

the water was cold

but the clear sky was blue

this is what I think of

when I remember you

washboards and banjos

harmonicas and guitar

we'd play until closing

when they shut down the bar

and we could be talked into

another song or two

this is what I think of

when I remember you

          those days are gone now

          and you've passed away

          but I still have the memories

          of those younger days

time was unending then

we had so much to learn

we'd drink the tequila

I even ate the worm

we saw opportunity

in everything we'd do

this is what I think of

when I remember you

me, I am old now

and I'm past innocent

I look back on those times

and wonder where they went

you will always be young

in my mind, it is true

this is what I think of

when I remember you