My Youth

There's so many things on my mind ....thoughts reeling,
Pictures of my life just come flashing back,
Things of the past that have become a distant memory,
Youth and life and much more....

I want to live it all over again and touch the morning,
With a newness and a freshness of a baby,
Feel the earth beneath my feet with all it's splendour,
Yes, yes I want to feel the earth again

I want to embrace it all, the youth, the beauty, the life,
And yet it's gone so far from me,
Where are you, my youth, where are you,
Can I find you once again in this lifetime.....

Have you gone so far that I may never feel that way again,
Of loving and laughing, but...there's no more of that,
Can I never come back to that place again,
To enjoy those glorious moments again,

Where are you, my youth where are you,
Find me alone and quiet and distant,
For you have discarded me and have no use for me,
Where are you, my youth, where are you?

Here I lie, waiting for my life to be cast out
Into the depths of the sea,
Where no one can find me, I'm waiting just like a child without a home,
Running, searching, seeking, but no one's there waiting.......Oh my youth where are you?

Will I ever find you again, no never,
You have left only pieces of yesterday in a long gone memory,
I have only such bitter sweet memories of you, oh my youth
Still, I ask where are you, will you never return?