I Was There

[couchgrouch]

I Was ThereI said I'd help my granpadrive some horseshoe stakesbut when I scored Springsteen ticketsI got back way too lateI still hear No Surrenderthough it was years agoand when Bruce tossed his headbandinto the second rowI was thereand haven't been the same man sincecos ev'ryone is changedby what he's experiencedsome pass on stories of heroes and glorythat others sharebut it's better to say when describing that dayI was there...I was theresaid I'd see my brother'fore he shipped off to fightforgetting I had good seatsto see the Rangers that nightnow I've got a baseballI keep with that old headbandcos when Ryan hit that homerhigh in the left field standsI was thereand haven't been the same man sincecos ev'ryone is changedby what he's experiencedsome pass on stories of heroes and glorythat others sharebut it's better to say, when describing that dayI was there...I was thereLive Aid, the World's Fairif it happened I was therebut it wasn't enoughcos life's only as sweetas the way we treatthe ones we loveso I was there when granpawon his horseshoe prizeI cut my bride's first buntcakeshe made after seven triesthough Ryan and that homeris something I still recallthe mem'ry I love most ismy boy hitting his first ballcos I was thereand haven't been the same man sincecos ev'ryone is changedby what he's experiencedsome pass on stories of heroes and glorythat others sharebut it's better to say, when describing that dayI was there...I was there(c)2005 Robert George