Guess Im just flipping through the pages
Of a life Ive lived so far this time~
And since I was nothing but a lad
Got on the road traveling places sublime~
Traveled , Oh boy I traveled
Worked , You believe me so it's true~
Seen lots n done so many things
I can honestly say more than a few~
Never afraid to strike a blow at all
Or to give a someone a helping hand~
Worked for love so very often
As I traveled almost every land~
Never got a fantastic education
Or spent life studying one single bird-
Or got to rename a little flower
Or gave it a name weve never heard~
But I was taught by life out there
Along lifes longest ever road~
And I can say so honstly
Almost all of them I have strode~
I've always had a freak type memory
Never forgot a single thing its true~
Never missed much along the way
Kept it all filed away as I still often do~
I was never afraid to get involved
And help a needy soul along the way~
That maybe simply was out numbered
By lifes idiots dare I say on the day~
Gave away my share of money over time
To those that were down and almost out~
Told them I'd see them up the road
And they could maybe give me a shout~
I've never committed a crime in life
Because I know right from wrong~
And I don't believe in all those excuses
About that someone should write a song~
I have done things that so many
Know I have done its true~
And they speak of same in amazement
Saying .. God the likes of you~
Spent a lot of time at thirty thousand feet
On air lines more than a few~
Learned so much by traveling over time
Seen ever so much of life it's true~
Made ever so much money over time
And raised a family on the way~
Gave them all at the time I had to give
Ever dedicated on the day~
And now I'm flipping through the pages
Of a life I have lived so far so well~
Giving it all , all I had then to give
With every stride too might I tell~
I have met no end out there just like me
A lot of them that I still know~
All good and honest jacks of all trades
Not afraid in life to strike a blow~
I have sang my share of country songs
And have written more than I can tell~
Written poetry over my time and in my way
Tried so to ring more than just one bell~
I have painted landscapes in oils and waters
I have invented things that made real sense~
Saved a few lives along the way
And made real friends from fence to fence~
There's no way it's over yet by far
Still got so much yet in life to do-
But for the first I am knowing real true love
And now I've learned that dreams do come true-
I've always been at peace with God my way
And always been the captain of my soul-
Retained my fathers values and principles
Old school values cannot never be bought or sold-
But after a lifetime of living my life so far
And traveling this world so grand~
I'm just flipping through the pages
Of a memory thus far at hand ~
Terrence Michael Sutton
copyright 2003 and rewritten 2011