Misc Unsigned Bands - Steve and annie chapman - i thought about years

^CI went home for Christmas to the ^Ghouse that I grew up in. ^C Going back was something after ^Fall these years. ^C I drove down Monterey Street and ^Gfelt a little sadness ^C When I turned left on Laurel and the ^Fhouse appeared. And I ^Gsnuck up to that rockin' chair Where the ^Fwinter sunlight slanted on the ^Gscreened-in porch. And I ^Fstared out past the shade tree that my ^Amlaughin' daddy planted On the ^Cday that I was ^Gborn.

And I let ^Ctime ^Ggo ^Cby ^Fso ^Gslow, And I made ^Ceve^Gry ^Cmo^Fment ^Glast. And I thought about ^Fyears, How they take so ^Glong And they go so ^Cfast.

^CAcross the street the Randal's oldest ^Gdaughter must've come home; ^C Her two boys built a snowman by the ^Fbackyard swing. ^C I thought of old man Randal and his ^GChristmas decorations ^C And how he used to keep them up 'til ^Fearly spring. And I ^Gthought of all the summers That I ^Fpaced that porch and knew I'd die of ^Gboredom there; And I ^Fthought of what I'd give to feel a^Amnother summer linger Where a ^Cday feels like a ^Gyear.

^CThen the door flew open and my ^Gmother's voice was laughin' As she ^Ccalled back to my daddy, "Come and ^Glook who's here!" And I thought about ^Fyears... ^{G C}