Many Worlds And Andy Williams Poem by jim hogg

Remember when I was too shy
to kiss you underneath the sky,
full half a hundred years ago,
when Andy Williams had a show.
Our skin was still devoid of grooves;
our hair still black, and thick, and smooth.
I'd loved you since I don't know when.
It might have been when we were ten.

The house you lived in way back then
has all been changed now, someone said;
new windows, doors and coats of paint;
so much is gone without a trace.
But it's not hard to raise the past
and see you walking down that path,
to meet me on that quiet street,
when we were young and flushed with dreams.

(chorus)
I carved our names into a tree
for all the passing world to see.
And of the few compelled to pause,
some might have dwelled on love so
fond;
but that old tree's been gone for years,
except from fading memories.

They say there's many worlds like this.
In some of those I hope I kissed
that girl I knew so long ago,
who used to live across the road.

(chorus)
I carved our names into a tree
for all the passing world to see.
And for the few compelled to pause
and wonder what the future brought,
there's all these cherished memories
of kids who once were you and me

(song)