The Way I Remember It

Indian Summer, both of us laughin

Hackberry trees and fireflies flashin

So many holes in the soles of our shoes

You dont choose life, life chooses you



Floatin on a raft we built from scrapwood

Mosquito bit scratchin felt so good

And Id never seen eyes your color of blue

You dont choose love, love chooses you



CHORUS:

From here lookin back, twenty years gone by

Life slipped by life a gulf shore high tide

And now loves more like a thorn in my side

Than the wonderland it used to be

I guess thats why these memories shine like

Sixteenth birthday cake candlelights

And I know it wasnt that perfect

But thats the way I like to remember it



Big green John Deere forty-eight-forty

Turnin dirt for most of the morning

Radio givin severe weather warnings

You dont choose fate, fate chooses you



I got to your house as the black skies opened

We were all alone, thunder was rollin

As west texas flatland turned into ocean

That was the end of our innocence moment



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BRIDGE:

And Ive learned most of the sad times, the break downs

The broken parts fade away

I keep all of the highlights close to my heart

And I need them everyday



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Yeah thats the way I like to remember it