Happy I Was

Happy I was
When I was young.
Happy I was
When my heart could still run.
Now I'm older,
My eyes looking back,
To the days when life
Seemed to run off the track.

Happy I was
When I could still play.
Happy I was
Drummin' to eat.
Older each day
My hands getting stiff,
I drop the sticks
While playing a riff.

They say if you're lucky
Some day you'll grow old.
Now that I'm here,
I don't feel so bold.
You live hard, you work hard,
It's supposed to pay off
But each day I wake up
Incredibly lost.

Happy I was
When I learned how to teach.
Happy I was
When all was in reach.
One day I reached out
And the branches all broke
As I fell down the air
I laughed at the joke.


They say if you're lucky
Some day you'll grow old.
Now that I'm here,
I don't feel so bold.
You live hard, you work hard,
It's supposed to pay off
But each day I wake up
Incredibly lost.

Happy I was
To just sit and watch,
Happy I was
Until it all stopped.
The feeling it