Counting Lights

There's a place down a road where we used to go

When colours would change for the season

All the streets in a row every city I know

Disappear to the sound of my breathing

The smell of the leaves

Brings back old memories

Sometimes I think that I’m

 Still getting high on a dream

 While gravity lands around me

 I’m not where I thought I would be

 My old man was right

 Life ain’t simple it seems

 As counting lights on the fifteen

There’s a pen and a pad in Jojo’s hands

While he quietly busy’s himself

Dad chops wood that will do no good

While momma wipes dust off the shelf

The smell of the fire makes those

memories burn brighter

I’m right back where I used to be

 Still getting high on a dream

 While gravity lands around me

 I’m not where I thought I would be

 My old man was right

 Life ain’t simple it seems

 As counting lights on the fifteen

3 decades later I still can remember

The night he said I’m out of time

I long to find him and stand there beside him

And tell him his family’s all fine

 Still getting high on a dream

 While gravity lands around me

 I am not where I thought I would be

 Counting lights on the fifteen