There Was a Time

from Memento Mori by Rod Lewis

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By rod lewis
©2022 Five O’ Silver Music

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There Was a Time

I used to rock-hop the river
In my Chuck Taylor high tops to boot
I’d land with precision after airborne decisions
on where I should put down my foot

Now the river’s grown wily and rapid,
And the soles of my shoes have grown slick
It’s the high road I’ll follow, It’s a hard pill to swallow,
The old dog can’t do his old tricks

But there was a time, there was a time
All of life was ahead and there wasn’t a care on my mind
There was a time, there was a time
Now the past just keeps calling me, and I have to leave it behind.

Now the young man, he can’t comprehend it
How a man would resign to grow old
My arse has grown flat, and my belly’s grown fat
But the cuffs of my trousers are rolled

Even though so much is taken
Still there is much that remains
Sand through my fingers, but the memories linger
Even while the Harvest Moon wanes

I cannot rest from travel
I will drink life to the lees
I will tell all the stories, and bask in past glories
Until I’m at rest ‘neath the trees

Still there is life that needs living
There are challenges yet to be won
I will live in the now, and move forward somehow
There is noble work yet to be done

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from Memento Mori, released January 2, 2023

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