While Yesterday's Still Young

[couchgrouch]

While Yesterday's Still YoungJohnny hopped off a train in Maconwith just half a can of Copenhagenand a camping shovel in his packgot a window seat at Denny'spaid for his coffee with penniesand stared at the oak tree across the trackstime had passed but he still loved Pattytoo bad the sheriff was her daddythree years back he ran Johnny out of townhe hated his streetwise way of livin'thought Johnny robbed that 7-11though the mask and money were never foundJohnny wrote a letter on the tablemathe'd changed but should he have come backcos there are things that should be donewhile yesterday's still youngthe smoke shops and bars were mostly closed downthat side of the tracks was like a ghost townas Johnny walked away from that oakhe was wiser now and didn't care ifhis sweetheart's father was the sheriffhe just hoped Patty found his noteshe met him at the depot just before twelvehe bought two tickets with some wrinkled billstheir kiss began in the dark backseatas that Greyhound faded down the streetfour foot hole by that big oak treethat sheriff knew his girl had broke freeand regrets hit the hardest when they comewhile yesterday's still young(c)2005 Robert George