Go Back To The Beginning.

The Instrumental only version of this song can be heard at:

https://soundcloud.com/chris-bright-330943118/go-back-to-the-beginning-2123-2123-834-pm

Sometimes in my mind

I go back to the beginning

with my lips already grinning

as my soul is swinging

through decades past

to all that for so long

I have been missing.

sorely missing

The little boy in me

runs giggling like a

wild tumbleweed

just to see her again

my girl next door

where she’s been lost

in the fields

of maybe Land

where no one

ever grows old

Where the sun is

always ten years warm

and puddles offer

worlds to wade in

sailing paper boats

and watching the clouds

drift earthbound across

the black reflections

in the rains hand

crafted mirrors

there is no place like here

Then she and I

hold hands and dash

over meadows of

Forget-Me-notes

and chase all

of our grownup

doldrums with

a butterfly net

carelessly casting

them into our

tomorrows yet unsealed

with big smiles

as we tarry for a while

in all that used be

just her and me me

So youthfully

engaging in

what we didn't

know was love

but we liked it....

Time has stolen all the beauty

and the wonders of my youth

but my memories are tickets

to reliving all that I have lost

In my train of thoughts

each time I climb aboard

and head back

to the beginnings

Where we share

endless hours

of nothing to

do but have fun

be funny and just laugh

at the silliest things

and all this goes on

just as it used to

forever and a grin

And soon

with breathless

fear and elation

I kiss her on

her dainty cheek

and run away before

her blush breaks full

For she was only

meant to be

my girl next door

time and circumstances

did not allow

for anything more

way back when I was

in actuality truly younger

and not an old tourist

revisiting childhood haunts.

childhood haunts...

There is no fountain of youth

Ponce De Leon is just bones

but as long as we breath

memories are the fine wine

that blurs the present

with intoxicating views

of what used to be.

Memorable Music Composed &

Played by-Chris Bright--©-2023

Lyrics & Vocals Written & Sung by

Matthew F. Blowers III-©-2023 at:

Art~Whimsically Yours Studio

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