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My Best Memories Are AheadSon, lemme tell you about the nightmy friends came by with a keg of Miller Lightwe cranked Led Zep and let it rip with jokes n drinkin' gamesone guy toasted me with some foamy brewhe said "Buddy your good times are throughcos after tonight you'll be tied to the ol' ball n chain"but I said "I'll thinka you guys my whole lifebut my future's gonna start with my new wifecos tomorrow I'm gonna lift her veiland when we kiss I know time will tellforever to never forgetwhether it's moonlight in her hair that first nightor sunrise in her hazel eyes when we're sixty-fiveI know my best memories are ahead"then Son I recall how tears in her eyegave birth to a single one in mineas she sat on our bed and softly said I was gonna be a dadeight months later on a rainy nightstandin' there at her bedsideI cherish now how we laughed about whose nose you hadwas it just yesterday you joined our familycos in my mind I can still seeduring grace you bowed your head in your highchairmama's pride when you said your first prayerthose are things eternity can't forgetyou were only five when your sister arrivedI tried to answer the questions in your eyeslove goes on the best memories lie aheadnow Son I know you'll raise Cain and drinkcos this time tomorrow you'll be wedbut if you're like your father you'll think"my best memories lie aheadmy best memories lie ahead"(c)2006 Robert George