[Intro]
Remembering days when the sun was high,
Sweat on my brow as the hours went by,
Chopping cotton, young and free,
Tales of a childhood deep in me.
[Verse 1]
Started work at nine, summer’s first light,
Hands calloused, skin turned honey bright,
With my sister and cousins in the fields,
Learning life’s lessons that time reveals.
[Pre-Chorus]
No complaints, just dreams on the horizon,
Old wooden trailer, simple life dying,
Yet rich in love, in the warm sun’s glow,
Counting pennies to make it grow.
[Chorus]
Oh, how the years have flown, slipping like sand,
From dirt roads and fields to a distant land,
Children now don’t understand the cost,
Of the simple life that we once lost.
[Bridge]
A library searched, pages turned,
Questions asked, and lessons learned,
Now at a button, worlds unfold,
Stories, knowledge, tales retold.
[Outro]
So I cherish every moment gone by,
Memories warm as the summer sky,
Though time moves fast, I hold it tight,
A childhood’s glow, forever bright.