Just North of South Carolina
Is where this country boy was born
All I really cared in those growing years
Was the running through woods kind of fun

Those days I fondly remember
There's no way you can bad mouth the South
With water up to our knees chasing crawfish in creeks
And anything else nature would allow

Even squirrel hunting as younguns
So my Granny could make us a pie
No secret better kept than eating straight off the land
Whether it was squirrels or apples to find
Granny always made delicious pies

Always in church every Sunday
Paying the Lord his due respects
For all that we have and all that he gives
Plus for the forgiveness of sins

Then after church when there weren't no chores
We'd kiss and tell our parents goodbye
They'd not see us again till we heard the bell ring
Come about supper time

There's something that's to be said about being a kid
Growing up down in the South
Where there's no better time below the Mason Dixon line
But that you'd have to find out for yourself

Do you remember me
The way I remember you
In fondness and in folly

Do you step out at night
And stare at the moon
Dreaming in rhyme the days of old

Do you catch yourself
In mid-stare
If you see a star that's falling

Do you wish back
To the day that
We were the story being told

Do you think of me
If there's a chilling breeze
And the warmth that I provided

Do you feel that warmth
Inside your heart
And does it help to battle off the cold

Do you remember me
The way I remember you
As I do you daily

Do you miss the read
Unwritten chapter and verse
As life for us moves on

Sometimes when I fall
Into a pit of despair.
When the dark clouds roll
You are always there.

I offer a finger
and get Your hand.
To lift me up
to solid land.

Sometimes. Sometimes
I have no idea where I'm headed.
Directions of hope
Or some place most dreaded.  

But always. Always
I feel Your hand holding me.
Lifting me up to a new day
Standing. Where I need to be.

I would be lost with
More than I could bear
But You Oh Father.
You are Always There.

This friend of mine
Prays for me
Shares my wants
Knows my needs
Lays them down
Before the Lord
This friend of mine and I
In one accord

This friend of mine
I do the same
I pray for them
In Jesus name
I lay their burdens
Before the Lord
This friend of mine and I
In one accord