good life from Low Tide by Tracy Grammer

twenty years old, just a fitful young man
with a fire in my eye, liked a drink in my hand
kissed a pretty young girl, got a gold wedding band
and a baby on the way that we didn't quite plan and oh –

headed out west and i ran a little hot
and the drink in my hand, well, it didn’t cool me off
it was right about the time my kid was sixteen
i was scaring everybody, i got so bitter and mean and oh –

but i used to dream of a little rowin’ boat
it’d be me and the dog and we’d fish and we’d float
and we’d live in one-level ranch
with toads ’round the pond and doves in the branches
and oh, what a good life

sick of my scheming and costly mistakes
i was losing my business, i was burning up the brakes
i got sober as a mountain and my river turned cool
i’d make it up to you, mama, but you’re leavin’ this fool, and oh –

’cause i used to dream we’d be gettin’ up at dawn
we’d have chickens in the pen and some goats on the lawn
and big trees and worms in the pail
my heart on my sleeve, yeah, my love wouldn’t fail
in my good life, in my good life

well, i’m sixty-five now and they tell me i’m sick
this pain in my belly, it is the reckoning stick, so i
call up my daughter and we cry ourselves clear
it’s forgiveness and grace and i wish you were here, y’know –

last time we talked i was coming undone
’bout a sweet summer peach that tastes just like the sun
with the juice from that fruit dripping all down my face
there is only this moment, only this place:

and the dream of a little rowin’ boat
it’d be me and the dog and we'd fish and we’d float
and we’d live in one-level ranch
with toads ’round the pond and doves in the branches
and oh, yeah, what a good life
what a good life
what a good life

let it all go now and wipe it all clean
ain’t no time for regret in the great in-between
it was a hell of a ride and i wish i had known
you can worry, you can wander, but we’re all just goin’ home

i’ve had a good life
i’ve had a good life
i’ve had a good life

-- doylestown, pennsylvania

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