Country Childhood

[Verse 1]
At five, the fields were wide enough to hold the sky,
I thought the road ran on forever, never asking why.
Birdsong woke the hills; the sun warmed golden lanes,
From five to eleven, laughter ran like summer rain.
I didn’t know the years could hurry while you play,
Or how a little country childhood slips away.

[Chorus]
Oh, my childhood, where have you gone?
I’d give the world to walk those fields once more.
Wind in the wheat, birds calling through the blue—
The countryside still lives in me, and I still live in you.

[Verse 2]
Each afternoon with Father, hands deep in the earth,
We worked the fields together, watched the seasons turn.
Sun on our brows, the open air so clear,
Then football, hide-and-seek, and friends’ laughter near.
Even school held games; those days were full and free,
A life I can’t forget, still growing inside me.

[Bridge]
The years may pull me far from that old lane,
But I hear those birds whenever I remember.
That little world is mine to keep—
A country heart no time can take away.

[Outro]
Blue sky, birdsong, fields I knew—
My childhood still comes home in you.