From The Far Away Town

Have you ever felt yourself quite close to tears
As your mind took you back to the long gone years
When playing with your young friends you ran up and down
In the schoolyard in your lunch break in the far away town

The children you played with where are they today?
Some of them like you from the old town do live far away
Whilst some of them at rest with the deceased do lay
Life's journey is shorter for some as they say

We do have our memories of what used to be
But old age is approaching for you and for me
And good memories of what was with us does remain
But this is all of the past that we can retain

So fleeting our childhood years and our lives prime
And eventually we all become victims of time
How come the happiest memories in life we have had
To think back on for us can be a bit sad?

Have you ever had to choke back the tears that yearned to flow
As you thought of the past and friends you did know
Before you left for adventure and wealth and renown
In the big World out there from the far away town?