In my childhood, sitting at my mama's kitchen table
Where my mama fed me three meals and sat right there in her chair
Giving me a speech on life
That I would later need to get through all the upsets in life
To watch my brother graduate from boot camp
And become a proud Marine
Standing tall and standing proud
I wish I was there to jump into his arms
Look into his eyes and tell him
Because now I go into the US Army
Stand tall and stand proud just as he did as a US Marine.
I wish I was was there again
To run and play through the brush and flowers in sit up under the the tree in my mother's yard
As the horse would walk the yard and eat hay and feed and soon he would manewer.
And the dog would bark and run circles around him
Stopping to smell him but never getting too close
I miss my younger days my brother and I were like two peas in a pod.
Playing with water guns and running up and down the hill.
Summertime we would move the lawn fix anything that was broken and plant the flowers in my mama's garden.
My mamas house warm and crisp in the winter time
Carosene heat in the middle of the hall
Its heat spacing out through our home.
My covers coressed me as I slept in the winter nights.
My mother holding me after drying my tears and telling me everything is ok
Listening to my dreams and my fears that I thought were real
That I didn't think I would have to face in this moment
I was deaf to the truth coming from my mama's lips as a child
But now I go back to my mama
And now I can tell her that she was right
And the things that she said would happen....
And life is still happening
The words that my mother use to say still ring in my ears
As I look back on my childhood
And realize how much easier I had it then
And I wish I was there again
Through the good times and the bad
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