Bauer's Farm

As a boy I used to stay
On that farm miles away
Far out among the clover and the bee
Where the morning glory vines
'Round that trailer double wide
And the red hot rod sat rusting 'neath the tree

We were best friends young and free
Running through the fields of green
With our brothers near to shield us from all harm
There I spent life's golden hours
Running wild among the flowers
In my boyhood weekend days on Bauer's Farm

Now many decades passed
Since we ran through that green grass
Though its memory still hangs on me like a charm
Every old familiar place
Every kind and loving face
Every boyhood weekend day on Bauer's Farm

Then one day as I drew near
That land I loved so dear
T'was a quarry mined and stripped for gravel road
Ten years my best friend's laid
'Neath that pine tree's quiet shade
Like the rusting red hot rod in days of old
We were best friends young and free
Running through the fields of green
With our brothers near to shield us from all harm
There I spent life's golden hours
Running wild among the flowers
In my boyhood weekend days on Bauer's Farm
In my boyhood weekend days on Bauer's Farm