Remember when the world was all just a giant place to play?Not a care to burded down upon your shouldersEach moment so aliveEvery day fills the springtime of your lifeWith the fragrance of youthRemember on those summer daysWhen you fought off the heat with a garden hoseAnd the sun would chase you, hot on your healsTo the nearest poolOut back where you sat on the swingAnd the grass had long since worn awayAnd you’d swing so high and laugh so longI’d much rather run through a rainstormOr climb my favorite treeThen talk about politics, sports or TVAnd I’d like to think as I walkAlone in the peace of God’s eveningThat he hears me thanking himMy frame of mind always gets tornWhen I see old Brownie, all tattered and tornAnd the face he gives meJust adds to the weight of my sentimental chainRoses have thorns and coffee’s not teaAnd I don’t have to smell them to see in front of meThat all’s not quiet on the Western Front todayAnd at night my warm silent friendIs held close to my heartAnd I sleep to dream of tomorrow’s new day