The Time of My Life(Has Lasted a Lifetime)

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The Time of My Life(Has Lasted a Lifetime)One August I went campingwith some high school friendsmost spent the day braggin'talkin' girls inside their tentsnow me and Nadine were just eighteenand we were both plenty shybut I asked her to go walkin''neath the blue diamond skywhere the summer breezewas better than a radiowe walked along a brown creekwatched it run slow n freeand talking to Nadine felt warmerthan a kiss could ever beas we saw the day burn awayfrom beneath a shady oakand the time of my lifehas lasted a lifetimelove is the dawn of livingand I thank God for givingme a star that will always shinelike wind to a summer treeall my thoughts are drawnto that memorycos the time of my lifehas lasted a lifetimeme and Nadine went steadyfor our whole senior yearthere were things we both wantedbut only one was clearone night I told her getting oldermeant making plans from our dreamsmost of our friends would scatterbut like that country streamsomehow we sensedwhere we were running toso we married in a chapelone sunburst August daythough ev'ryone in that villagethought we'd up and fly awaywe found a cabin near that creekfor our honeymoonand the time of my lifehas lasted a lifetimelove is the dawn of livingand I thank God for givingme a star that will always shinelike wind to a summer treeall my thoughts are drawnto that memorycos the time of my lifehas lasted a lifetimeten years and two sons laterwe hold hands and thank our Makerevry time we visit that creeknow we may not outlast that oakbut when we're wise old folkswe'll sit among the leaves and thinkthe time of my lifehas lasted a lifetimelove is the dawn of livingand I thank God for givingme a star that will always shinelike wind to a summer treeall my thoughts are drawnto that memorycos the time of my lifehas lasted a lifetime(c)2005 Robert George