Country Road Young Love

as a young man I would drive to the next State to see my girlfriend

all of 16 I was proud of my 1952 Ford pick up

and to this day I think Sabrina liked it too

growing up in the country out side of Grand Blanc Michigan

we were not privy to "paved" roads just dirt and gravel

impassable in winter and heavy rains and pure dust in July

but if your "true love" was in the next town over ....

what would a boy in love do ?

but to drive to her farm for it was Saturday night

on this late July night the dust hung thicker than flies on the screen door

over the one lane bridge I flew across Farmer Gus' cow pasture

driving by the Klein's honking my horn so to alert the chickens in the road

driving as if the Devil himself was on my heels

Sabrina was waiting for her knight driving his 1952 Ford pick up

as I pulled in to her drive Sabrina's dog came up to the truck barking

Jake never did like me and my Ford

Sabrina's mother and father sat on the porch

watching Sabrina run out the screen door I knew

my life was perfect and everything in my world was perfect too