Summertime

"Summertime" Summertime ~ when I was just a kid With memories of all the "krazy" things I did With very few cares and no concerns at all It was fun time all the time ~ when I was small Summertime ~ when I became a teen Discovering girls with the future unseen Get a date for the prom ~ next up a graduation Do go to college or do I serve my nation Summertime ~ when as a young man I did enlist and marched for Uncle Sam Summers now though had a very different feel Still hot they were but with life now more real Summertime ~ when as a grown man Family responsibilities ~ have to now have a plan The summers keep coming ~ same time every year But time now is more precious ~ now time is more dear Summertime ~ when in my middle age In the Book of Life I have really turned the page Memories of summers past do still bring a smile The decades of summers known ~ how they do compile Summertime ~ Aaah! Now at this time of life I do see Thank You LORD for all the summers You have given me The Springs, Autumns and Winters I've too enjoyed ~ I do attest But as I sip this ice cold lemonade ~ the summertime is still the best WTA-IV 7/5/2016