all these memories

I have all these memories

and I don't know what to do with them

I try living in the here and now

but my mind always goes back again

and it's not that I don't like them

and it's not I wish them gone

it's just that always looking in the rear view mirror

is not a way to move on 

          give me a road

          that's not a one-way street

          give me a chance

          to know the people I meet

I know all these memories

I've walked this path before

I keep looking towards the future

I say "Time -- just give me more"

but my brain tries to stay the same

replaying all I've already seen

all the people I've befriended

all the places that I've seen

          give me a road

          that's not a one-way street

          give me a chance

          to know the people that I meet

just maybe tomorrow

I'll snap to present tense

I won't look at my yesterdays

and wonder where they've went

but today I live in history

not of my own design

I'm busy running for today

I hope I get there in time

          give me a road

          that's not a one-way street

          give me a chance

          to know the people that I meet