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Kevin Hailey Poem
I can't be who you want me to be
I've spent my life being who I am
This city life ain't for me
I'm a country boy and a simple man
I don't want to ride in a fancy car
Let's drive my pick up for awhile
A suit and tie just ain't me
Camouflage is more my style
I can't live in a penthouse suite
I like my cabin in the woods
You can keep your concrete streets
I'd drive all dirt roads if I could
It seems that we have different dreams
Of what the perfect life should be
I guess we should go our separate ways
You be you and I'll be me
Copyright © Kevin Hailey | Year Posted 2018
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Kevin Hailey Poem
When you look into a mirror
What is it that you see
Is it more than a reflection
Are you who you want to be
Does your image tell a story
When you look in your own eyes
Does it paint for you a picture
Does it make you want to cry
Does it bring back fond old memories
Does it tell you the whole truth
Is the image filled with what's to come
Or a reflection of your youth
When you look into a mirror
What is it that you see
Is it more than a reflection
Are you who you want to be
Copyright © Kevin Hailey | Year Posted 2018
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Far from home in a yankee prison
A rebel soldier knelt to pray
Father care for my wife and children
If it's my time to pass away
On a field in Pennsylvania
A yankee bullet pierced my chest
Soon they'll take me to Virginia
There my rebel soul shall rest
Let my mama know I loved her
Tell my pa I fought with pride
Show the others down in Dixie
Was for them I fought and died
I was proud to fight for Dixie
Through the hunger and the pain
Please remember this rebel soldier
Or I will have died in vain
Copyright © Kevin Hailey | Year Posted 2018
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Kevin Hailey Poem
Carry me to my home Virginia
Headed south through Arlington
We can stop off in Manassas
On our way to Lovingston
Take me back to the Peaks of Otter
Let's return to Mabry Mill
We can drive the Blue Ridge Parkway
From the Meadows of Dan to Charlottesville
We'll stop in Schuyler on the way to Richmond
Watch the trees on the mountain sway
Ride the backroads of Campbell County
And see the small towns along the way
We'll raise some cane out in Bedford
In a field over near the county line
Ride the rails to Appomattox
And stop by Mama's at suppertime
We'll go cruise down the Eastern Shoreline
We'll lay a blanket out on the sand
Watch the ships sail out of Norfolk
And stroll down the beach hand in hand
Let's return back to our hometown
We'll float down the mighty river James
There we remember our favorite memories
And visit with old friends at a cafe on Main
Carry me back to little old Lynchburg
No matter how far I may roam
It's where I made my fondest memories
I'm proud to call Virginia my home
Copyright © Kevin Hailey | Year Posted 2018
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Kevin Hailey Poem
Laugh with me when you are happy
Smile at me when you are glad
Come to me when you are lonely
Cry to me when you are sad
Walk with me through fields of clover
Hold my hand when you are blue
Dry my tears when I am weeping
Cry to me and I'll cry with you
Lean on me in times of trouble
Run to me when you are scared
Look to me when you need comfort
Cry to me and I'll be there
Dream of me when you are sleeping
Sail with me out on the sea
Rest your head upon my shoulder
When you need me, cry to me
Copyright © Kevin Hailey | Year Posted 2018
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It was cold that snowy December night, 1862. We took the hill to stand and fight against the Yankee coats of blue. We charged towards their army near the river down below. From the blades of our Rebel swords the Yankee blood did flow. Their troops had us outnumbered that frigid winter night. But Stonewall Jackson rushed the left while Stuart flanked the right. That dreary night we took the town of Fredericksburg by storm, we fought for Dixie the next 3 nights and through the early morns. Death fell upon the Union troops taking many lives. The wounded laid there crying, wishing they had died. And when the battle finished and the smoke had cleared the air, we looked behind and on that hill our flag was still there. And as the sun went down that eve with harmonica in hand, I sat upon that hill and sang, My Home's In Dixieland. Evermore a soldier, I'll fight until the end. And when my war is over, I'll see my home again. But if I should die tomorrow one thing will sure be true. I survived the battle of Fredericksburg, 1862.
Copyright © Kevin Hailey | Year Posted 2020
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Kevin Hailey Poem
On a mountain ridge beneath the amber sky
The summer sun fades behind the trees
And as the crickets sing a night time lullaby
I sit and wish you were here with me
From the deck of a liner on the ocean blue
Watching dolphins swim beneath the sea
My heart fills my head with thoughts of you
And I sit and wish you were here with me
On a jet airplane high above the clouds
Soaring like an eagle brave and free
A gentle breeze speaks your name aloud
And I sit and wish you were here with me
Tonight in the shadows as I lay awake
I close my eyes and your face I see
I hear your name with every breath I take
As I sit and wish you were here with me
Copyright © Kevin Hailey | Year Posted 2018
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Kevin Hailey Poem
There's a feeling I get when I look in your eyes
It gives my stomach butterflies
It happened the first time we met
I still haven't gotten over that feeling yet
I gaze into your deep, dark eyes
And I begin to realize
My heart is yours, I'm forever in debt
I still haven't gotten over that feeling yet
When you're away from me my heart cries
It's impossible to describe
How empty my soul gets
I still haven't gotten over that feeling yet
No matter how or who may try
You keep me completely mesmerized
On you my heart is completely set
I still haven't gotten over that feeling yet
Copyright © Kevin Hailey | Year Posted 2018
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Kevin Hailey Poem
If this were to be our last goodbye
What are the words that you would say
Would there be sorrow in your voice
Or would you simply walk away
Have I meant enough for you to care
Will the tears well up inside your eyes
Can I say anything to make you stay
Or will this be our last goodbye
If this is where we must part
Darling please know that I will try
To realize that our next kiss
Will turn into our last goodbye
Copyright © Kevin Hailey | Year Posted 2018
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Kevin Hailey Poem
Do you ever think of me?
Do you read the letters that I write?
Dream of me when you close your eyes?
Do you see me in the stars at night?
Oh my darlin' I may never know
Why it is I love you so
I might never get the chance to hold you
But baby I need you so
When I look into your eyes
Something gives my stomach butterflies
Maybe it's the way you smile
I wish that I could hold you for awhile
Oh my darlin' I may never know
Why it is I love you so
I might never get the chance to hold you
But baby I need you so
So tonight when I lay down to sleep
I'll close my eyes and of you I'll dream
I dream about the way I want to hold you
Oh darlin' I need you so
Copyright © Kevin Hailey | Year Posted 2019
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