Country Colored Memories
Mom found out she had cancer in the fall of 91It seemed like it changed life for everyone The doctor said she wouldn’t live to see the new yearBut the doctor didn’t know my tough mama dear She just came home from the doctor’s office that dayAnd that’s where she said she was going to…
The early mills had paddle wheels, Very simple no whistles and bells The paddle wheel was attached to a shaft not too long Then attached to the center of the big millstone The turning force produced by the water on the paddles was transferred to the runner stone, making a noise that rattled causing it…
I have a sweet niece who’s a special womanWhen she was small she always seemed timid Always hanging in the back of a groupShe never was at the head of the troup She quietly stood back and took it all inLife dictated to her and said she would never win But this beautiful girl with…
The Winds of Time When the wind picks up It stirs up all the dust Things scatter all about Too many things to even count Nothing stays in its place As if it’s all been erased Time is the same in the end Just like that rushing wind People are scattered all about It feels…
In the wintertime of my world as a childI have to admit we children got pretty wild when the snow would pile up real highmom didn’t let us always go outside the winters were a cold and bitter time for meI wanted to be running the Hillside free I don’t have many fond memories of…
The diner Jukebox hanging off the wall At Katy’s roadside greasy spoon was whereas I recall That wonderful music playing device with buttons numbers and letters On a scale of one to ten, you’d never find anything better you turned the wheel, listening to the flapping pages I can still hear it now it takes…
Little boys grow up and aspire to be And emulate some of the people that they see Firemen in red trucks putting out big fires Or policemen with lights flashing chasing speeding cars All little boy will dream of becoming different things Like airplane pilots that wear those tiny wings A sanitary worker, or maybe…
There’s not a bird quite like the pink flamingoYou’ll see her strutting around putting on a show She loves wading in water with her neck held up highTo catch the attention of all passerby’s Fancy pink feathers and a boomerang-shaped noseLegs like stilts and funny shaped toes Flamingos have long graceful necks and slender legsThey…
The year my Grandpa Chesney died and went awayOur Grandma was never the same after that day we would go to visit, year after yearBut, nothing we did would bring her cheer Mom took us there when summer cameWe didn’t want to go but we did just the same Mama thought it would do grandma…
On the front porch swing You can see everything The old woman that lives just down the lane She walks by every day using a wooden cane She always smiles and waves hello You’ve never spoken but you both know It’s ok to wave or smile as she passes by It’s just as good as…