Old Covered Bridge

By J. Jacob Grizzle

Does that old covered bridge still stand in the place
where the old highway used to cross the creek?
It's a treasure of time, a place in the heart  
that reminds us of what we used to be.
Can you still hear the train in the distance at night,
Does that long railroad tunnel look the same?
Is the water still deep like the heart of a man
who could love but would not show the pain?
They say you can you can never go home 
once your heart's made its mind up to roam.
But I'll pick myself up soon and then
I'll go back to my home place again.
Is the gold mine still there downstream from the mill
where they say the gold is still there in the ground?
Can your heart still feel a love that was real,
Can a true heart of gold still be found?
Does a barefoot girl walk down a dark dusty road,
Do the boys still gather at the swing?
Could her warm smile still light a dark summer night?
Are these ghosts of time only in my dreams? 
They say you can never go home
Once your heart's made its mind up to roam
But I'll pick myself up soon and then
I'll go back to my home place again.

J. Jacob Grizzle is a songwriter, recordist, and short story author.