Fifty Years Ago
By Ian Tyson - ASCAP
1986 Slick Fork Music --
CAPAC
If I could roll back the years
Back when I was young and
limber
Loose as ashes in the wind
I had no irons in the fire
I could ride them wild young
broncos
The adrenalin came quickly
And Juanita down at Mona's
my only heart's desire
We were living for the moment
And the sunlight on my silver bits
The ringing of my jinglebobs
Was the music of my soul
In the alley back of Mona's
I held Juanita in the shadows
How we held on to each other
And the lovin' that we stole
Chorus:
And the sighing of the pines
Up here near the timberline
Makes me wish I'd done things
different
But wishing don't make it so
Oh the time has passed so quick
The years all run together now
Did I hold Juanita yesterday
Was it fifty years ago
If I would have quit them
broncos
She might have quit that business
But that was back in the fast
days
You know before the wire
I bet I could still find her
Bet she's still as pretty
As when she's Juanita down at
Mona's
And my only heart's desire
Repeat Chorus twice
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