Country Colored Memories
As long as we have hope we’ll get byYes, we’ll have days we cry Hope gets us through another dayForward moving hope paves the way For hope is the reasonWe can get through days and seasons Sometimes your down and blueIt’s your hope that carries you through So continue on your wayKeep hoping for that…
There’s a sad memory stuck inside of meI’m trying hard to set it free I try not to rememberBut it’s a slow-burning ember a dam burst tearing me aparta river of tears flow from my heart the path of lifeIs filled with strife Sad memories can’t hurt youbut when remembered make you blue I’ll let…
Messy Molly stayed in all afternoon punishment for not cleaning her room But when her mama came back to lookShe looked at Molly and her head shook She saw mama’s eyes looking towards her bedThen she opened her mouth and said What’s that sticking out from under your bedI see shoes and something red Mama…
I heard the wheels on the gravel as daddy drove up in his pickup truckI realized that now my time was close to being up I was sitting in the corner, I had been here for a whileAll afternoon when mom came through the room she never cracked a smile The sound of daddy’s shoes…
When I look into their facesThere are no tracesOf former times and places The anguish inside their headThey hold back because they dread So far away from their homeIt makes them feel so alone Just miles from us they areBut their distance seems so far They pull back the curtain to peer at usIt doesn’t…
The roundups over and the cattle drives doneNow tired little doggies just soaking up the sun From Texas to Kansas looking for railheads along the wayNever any rooms to rent in bedrolls is where they stayed Shipments to stockyards, Louisiana, and points eastThe cattle would set many tables with a big beef feast Cowboy hat,…
Precious daughter you were loved by meMy hope for you is that you seeThose missing years were not from me When the first steps were taken I did not seeThe road you would travel what your future would beI did not have a say I did not agree Precious daughter who could have knownMy hands…
On a windy October dayI was almost blown away But the oak tree nearbyCaught my eye, and I sighed I hugged it real tightThe wind was a frightI hung on to the Oak and put up a fight But the wind finally won outAnd it threw me all about First I was here then I…
Wildflowers TICKSEED🌼I picked a lot of flowers when I was a small childyou could find them everywhere because they grew wild they were as simple looking as they could beuntil you saw them growing on a hill wide as the sea Tickseed wildflowers were their real namebeing tough as nails were there claim to fame…