THAT I SHALL REMEMBER

THE FLAME OF LOVE

THAT ONCE WAS SHARED

NOW SEEMS BUT AN EMBER

BUT THE JOY AND AFFECTION

THE LAUGHTER AND LOVE

IT IS THAT I SHALL REMEMBER

SOME DAYS WERE LIKE THE FIRST OF SPRING

WHILE OTHERS BLEAK AS DECEMBER

BUT IT WILL BE THAT FIRST STOLEN KISS

IT IS THAT I SHALL REMEMBER

ON THE LONG DAYS ALONE

AND THE ENDLESS NIGHTS

THAT  TEST ALL OF A MANS TIMBRE

I MUST NOT FORGET THOSE DAYS SO BRIGHT

FOR ONLY THAT I SHALL REMEMBER

JBT 7/20/14  

AUGUST AND EVERYTHING AFTER

IT WAS A COLD NIGHT I RECALL

WHEN WE MET FOR THAT FIRST TIME

SEEMED I KNEW FROM THAT MOMENT

YOU WOULD SOMEDAY BE MINE

WITHIN NO TIME AT ALL

WE WERE PLANNING A LIFE

WITH A HOME AND CHILDREN

AND YOU AS MY WIFE

WE WED IN THE MIDDLE OF JUNE

SAID THE WORDS "TIL DEATH DO US PART"

THAT EVERYONE SAYS ON THAT DAY

AND EVERY WORD WAS WRITTEN IN MY HEART

I LOVED YOU AS STRONG

AS I THINK ANY MAN COULD

THOUGH I KNOW I DIDN'T DO

ALL THE THINGS THAT I SHOULD

IT WAS AUGUST WHEN YOU LEFT FOR GOOD

YOUR DESTINATION I DON'T KNOW

BUT I OFTEN THINK OF OUR LIFE

WHEN THE WINTER WINDS BLOW

THAT LIFE OF OURS IS ALL OVER NOW

ALL THE LOVE, ALL THE LAUGHTER

SEEMS LIFE FOR ME WILL ALWAYS BE

AUGUST AND EVERYTHING AFTER

JBT 06/15/2014