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Take me back

Fell asleep thinking about the old house yesterday

And the adventures in the backyard where I used to play

Three acres might seem like a lot for little kid

But I knew those woods better than my parents did

My wooden teepee served as a safe haven

When the world didn't feel like a suitable place to be in

I dreamed about Max my old best friend

Who kept me safe from nightly creatures and boogy men

Just a dog who still has a special place in my heart

A great dane who was five when the world made us part

I thought about the overlook where we dumped our leaves

I remembered the long days just me and the trees

These days those woods have Max and Phoenix too

The Golden retriever who got me and my sisters through

Much of that thing we call childhood

I didn't know it then but now I would

Give anything and everything to go back

And run wild through those backyard paths

Then I was free, I did not care or notice

That things weren't exactly how they were suppose to be noted

Now I reside in this fowl world where I can't spare a minute

Take me back to the time when my world had no limits

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Jul 14, 2010
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