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Memoirs of Our Youth

from Same Shirt, Different Day by Rodney Rice

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Sitting on the front porch in the the hot august sun
10 min ago we was laughing
all just having fun
someone pinched an arm
another grabbed a hand of hair
we all knew what would happen when our screams filled the air

He come around the corner
like a runaway freight train
crazy look in his eye certifiably insane
He had us wrapped up in winter coats
when mama pulled in the drive
I don't know how we made it through our childhood alive

Remember those your passing going up
you gonna pass them coming down
always do what's right
because what you do comes back around
keep looking on the bright side
of every rainy day
don't forget your prayers at night
remember what i say


Yeah mama had a way with words
daddy not so much
a lifetime spent working around the world
left him just out of touch

Now I sit around now laughing
at the shit he used to say
so many years ago
but feels like yesterday

I brought you in this world
so I can take you out
settle it down before I give you something to cry about
you kids think you learned it all
in the few years you've spent in school
you might think you walk on water now but remember shit floats too

Needless to say Mom and Dad grew apart
both went their separate ways
us kids made it through our childhood
but we don't talk much these days


My oldest sister has a slew of kids
she's an aging house wife.
middle sisters strung out on dope she makes her money at night
and I ramble round this country
moving every year or two
With this old guitar and traveling scares I sing my song for you

Yes those days go on forever but the years just flew right bye
Life in between goes on it seems for reasons who knows why

Sometimes I think I got it figured out but I seldom ever do
whenever I have my doubts mamas words coming ringing through

Remember those your passing going up
you gonna pass them coming down
always do whats right
because what you do comes back around
keep looking on the bright side of every rainy day
don't forget your prayers at night
remember what i say

don't forget your prayers at night
remember what I say

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from Same Shirt, Different Day, released October 23, 2020
Memoirs of Our Youth
Vocal, Acoustic Guitar: Rodney
Drums: Rick Richards
Upright Bass: Tom Crail
Acoustic Guitar, Wood Drum: Andre Moran
Mandola: Mark Hallman
Background Vocal: Bonnie Whitmore

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Rodney Rice knows just how to capture the fleeting glimmers of an emotional moment in life and turn them into songs that evoke our own feelings of despair and hope, loss and love. Rice delivers his lyrics with a knowing nod and wink and a twinkle of the eye to the difficulties we encounter in our daily lives, and creates memorable characters in his songs whose foibles remind us of folks we know. ... more

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