THE EARLY MORNING SUN IS CLIMBING UP BEHIND THE TREES
THE MIST RISES ABOVE THE RIVER FLOATING BY
THERE’S A MUTED BIRD CALL ON A VAGUE WHISPER OF A BREEZE
IT’S JUST ABOUT ENOUGH TO MAKE YOU CRY
OUR GROWING FAMILY ARE RACING ON TOWARD THEIR TEENS
YESTERDAY IT SEEMS HAS LONG GONE
WHEN WE HELD THEM TENDERLY AS BABES, BETWEEN OUR BROKEN SLEEP
THESE MEMORIES WE KEEP OF YOUNG ONES SO FOND
HOW PRECIOUS THE DAYS ARE BETWEEN THE PAST AND FUTURE SO FAR
IT’S YOUR COMPANY I SOUGHT IT’S OUR LOVE THAT WE BOUGHT
I'M SO HAPPY BUT IT’S JUST ABOUT ENOUGH TO MAKE YOU CRY
MEMORIES LINGER ON, A START/STOP MOVIE OF OUR YOUTH
AS WE FOUND OUR TRUTHS AND THE KIDS REMIND US
OF THE CAREFREE TIMES OF YESTERDAYS AS THEY FILTER THROUGH
OUR LOVE FOREVER TRUE, ROLLING ON
I LOOK INTO YOUR CALM EYES NO MATTER HOW LIFE TRIES
TO SHAKE US FROM OUR PEACE, OUR LOVE WILL NEVER CEASE
I’M SO HAPPY BUT IT’S JUST ABOUT ENOUGH TO MAKE YOU CRY
THE LONELY TIMES HAVE DRIFTED AWAY, NOW YOURE HANGING ON MY ARM
I’M STILL LOST TO YOUR CHARMS AFTER ALL THIS TIME
YOUR SMILE REMINDS ME OF HOW WE SAY THE HAPPY TIMES REMAIN
AT THE FOREFRONT OF OUR BRAIN, SADNESS GONE
HOW PRECIOUS THE DAYS ARE BETWEEN THE PAST AND FUTURE SO FAR
IT’S YOUR COMPANY I SOUGHT AND IT’S OUR LOVE THAT WE BOUGHT
IM SO HAPPY BUT IT’S JUST ABOUT ENOUGH IT’S JUST ABOUT ENOUGH
IT’S JUST ABOUT ENOUGH TO MAKE YOU CRY
Tom Heyman documents life in San Francisco circa 2023, refusing to succumb to easy characterization & instead capturing the city’s nuance. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 22, 2023
Tanya Donnelly, Wreckless Eric, Rosanne Cash, contribute cover versions of John Wesley Harding’s songs for this charitable compilation. Bandcamp New & Notable May 6, 2021