Behind The Barn

Cheryl Wheeler

Didn't we come far, haven't we been there

Weren't we something way back when

Didn't we wonder how would we come here

Trading our dreams so they'd never end

All those sweet dark nights where the warm air sings

We could close our eyes stretching still folded wings

Waiting for the rain to cool us

Feeling like a couple of foolish young things



Weren't they good times didn't our hearts bind

Didn't we both find something new

Fleeting impressions, timid expressions

Tossed in the tangle of me and you

And if I close my eyes, I can almost see

Moving through those green fields where we used to be

The shadow of a different daydream

Holding in the distance and waiting to breathe



Dusty roads, starry skies

Beating hearts, reluctant eyes, summer rain without a storm

And nervous love behind the barn