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Backstory:

I wrote this song reflecting memories of my youth and time spent on my grandparent's farm in Louisiana. Written in the style of a Merle Haggard or Alabama song. This song was used in a CBS network series episode, and an AMC network series episode.

Lyrics:

                                                  
We were skinny towhead kids in Louisiana
Livin’ not to far from the Arkansas line
Barefoot walkin’ hot blacktop with a quarter for a soda
From the farm to town in the summertime

Sunday dinner always centered around the family
In the shotgun house out in the red dirt pines
Grandma scoldin’ grandpa for teasin’ us and bein’ ornery
It’s like a Kodak moment in my mind

 		The older I get, the more it sinks in
 		I wouldn’t be who I am if not for where I’ve been
 		Every stage of every age rollin’ down life’s road
 		I swear there’ll never be better memories than those

I remember tiny fingers holdin’ tight
From a little hand graspin’ on to mine
It was like the Lord had pulled a chord turnin’ on the light
Puttin’ my priorities in line

		The older I get, the more it sinks in
 		I wouldn’t be who I am if not for where I’ve been
 		Every stage of every age rollin’ down life’s road
 		I swear there’ll never be better memories than those

 		Sometimes I think I’d like to have those moments back
 		But I wouldn’t trade those days for where I’m at

 		Cause the older I get, the more it sinks in
 		I wouldn’t be who I am if not for where I’ve been
 		Every stage of every age rollin’ down life’s road
 		I swear there’ll never be better memories than those...Lord knows 
 		How could there every be better memories than those