~Summer Days~

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Summer days

Passing quietly

Childhood ways

Slippin' away

The smell of flowers

From mama's garden

We talked for hours

Under the clouds

 

The loving ways

Of a mother

That feeling stays

Like nothing else

All the hopes

Of a father

He holds no ropes

To tie you down

 

Oh, how I loved

Those summer days

Oh, how I loved

That free-hearted time

I see the smiles

On their faces

All the while

They replay in my mind

 

Summer days

In the country

Hearts stay

Free from the ground

Friends are near

We've shared our lives with

This time of year

Our dreams have no bounds

 

The tall grass sways

In the breeze lightly

The cattle graze

Among the sweet oats

These are the days

Of my childhood

I am amazed

How strong the love

 

Oh, how I loved

Those summer days

Oh, how I loved

That free-hearted time

I see the smiles

On their faces

All the while

They replay in my mind

 

Summer days

They pass so quickly

The stars we've gazed

Though no one knows

Sands of time

Through the glass they've fallen

These days are mine

I hold them close

 

Memories

Of summer days

Days like these

They'll never fade

Years they've passed

And I remember

Those summer days

That I still love

 

Oh, how I loved

Those summer days

Oh, how I loved

That free-hearted time

I see the smiles

On their faces

All the while

They replay in my mind

 

Summer days

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Liesa Yeargan

Written 2005 · Created 2026