I remember (rewrite 1)

I am an old man

all I do is sit around

I watch the TV

I turn up the sound

my hearing is shot

my bones, they ache

and sometimes I feel like

it was all a mistake

but I'm still alive

a last dying ember

and I remember

I don't walk so good now

I must use a cane

I still get around

but it isn't the same

I used to explore

when I was a kid

Lord, when I think of

the things that I did

when I was still young

and time was tender

I remember

          I remember those days

          of being a child

          I was never afraid

          and my daydreams grew wild

          I remember those days

          a young man I was

          I knew what it felt like

          to be in love

now I'm here for

my remainder of days

alive on medications

in a chemical haze

I live in this home

and they treat me okay

but what I would give

for my younger days

now time's almost gone

and I must surrender

but I remember