Oh! What happened to those days of yore when most everything made sense?
When love was in the air and it wasn't just pretense.
We've come a long, long way, but was it for the good?
This is where I'd like to be if only I could.
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It was a full moon glistening on a sleepy lagoon, and couples cuddled in their boats.
Kissing and hugging as silently it floats.
There are couples on benches, and some strolling by.
And somewhere in the dark someone utters a sigh.
The Park is filled with lovers out for a moonlight walk.
Hand in hand they walk along the quiet thoroughfare, and lovingly they talk.
The old lamplighter has just passed by, lighting up the night.
From one lamp to the other till he passes out of sight.
And somewhere in the night, you hear a lonely whippoorwill crying for his love,
And the shrilling calls of the nighthawk as he circles up above.
The night is filled with romance, as music from a concert floats upon the air.
It's magic, it's mystical; as the feelings of love they share.
That time has past and is long forgotten, and can only be told in books.
Sometimes, in my imagination, I see those beautiful meadows and babbling brooks.
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For yesteryear was filled with love, and a different state of mind.
People thought more of one another, and most were truthful and kind.
Oh! What happened to those days of yore when life was so simple to love?
And all of their tomorrows.. had so much more to give!
Author: Don Eagle
Tennessee
11.04.00
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