ALL BUT THE MEMORIES ARE GONE

“ ALL BUT THE MEMORIES ARE GONE “ I WALK THE FIELDS I USED TO PLAY I LOOK BUT I DON’T SEE IF MEMORY SERVES ME RIGHT TONIGHT NOTHING’S HOW IT USED TO BE DRIVING THROUGH MY OLD NEIGHBORHOOD IT HARDLY LOOKS THE SAME TIME HAS CHANGED EVERYTHING IN TOWN ALL EXCEPT IT’S NAME THIS WAS ONCE A PLAYGROUND FOR A WONDERING LITTLE BOY EVERY STICK AND STONE I FOUND BECAME MY NEWEST TOY OUR OLD HOUSE IS GONE A VINAL DUPLEX TOOK IT’S PLACE MY BACKYARD TREEHOUSE HAS DISSAPEARED GONE WITHOUT A TRACE THE FIREHOUSE AND GRADE SCHOOL SURVIVED IT ALL SOMEHOW THEY USED TO SEEM SO BIG AND BRIGHT NOT SO MUCH RIGHT NOW GROWING UP HERE THIS TOWN WAS YOUNG AND FULL OF FUN THE CHANGES I SEE NOW SHOW JUST WHAT TIME HAS DONE I DON’T DRIVE MUCH ANY MORE I MAY NOT BE HERE AGAIN WHEN I LEAVE TODAY I’LL SAY GOODBYE TO MY OLD FRIEND WHOSE MEMORIES LIVE ON AS THEY VISIT ME IN BED RECURRING SWEET DREAMS STREAMING OVER IN MY HEAD OF EVERYTHING I REMEMBER ALL BUT THE MEMORIES ARE GONE