Some Things You Just Can’t Forget
Copyright 2004 by David Alan Cates. All rights reserved.
[VERSE 1]
When you’re eight years old out in center field
A playoff game is a pretty big deal
And that big ole boy hit the ball my way
I closed my eyes and raised my glove
Said a quick prayer to the man above
I remember that like it was yesterday
[CHORUS 1]
That first big catch in a little league game
When the man on the speaker called my name
A summer night, underneath that pine
She said, show me yours’ I’ll show you mine
High school prom and the tears from Mom
When the college plans were set
Yeah, there’s some things, you just can’t forget
[VERSE 2]
Homecoming day, back in eighty-two
The first time I met Becky Sue
Standing beside me in the ticket line
We shared a coke and laughed a while
My knees were trembling as she smiled
A moment frozen deep inside my mind
[CHORUS 2]
Like my first car in my 16th year
The night I tasted my first beer
The day I turned twenty-one
The first time I saw Earnhardt run
Tender bliss from the first kiss when me and Becky met
Yeah, there’s some things, you just can’t forget
[BRIDGE]
As the years go by this ole mind
Ain’t what it used to be
But those times that stand out in my life
Have just become a part of me….
[CHORUS 3]
Like where I was and how I cried
When Mama told me Daddy died
Becky’s face and her tears of joy
When we had our first baby boy
Those memories just seem to freeze like a perfect sunset
Yeah, there’s some things, you just can’t forget