Malingo - The Country Life Lyrics

Did you climb on bails of hay
And go swimming in the lake
Did you wander through the corn
Minnesota bred and born
Did you pretend that you were wed
To a military man
Imagining your kids
Blue shutters, picket fence
The days were long
The fires were warm
The starry nights
The frosty morn
The sun shining down again
Each day was better than the last
If I could bring you back again
I’d give my future for your past
Did you lie awake in bed
Talking with your friends
As questions would arise
Would you giggle in surprise
If George Harrison were here
Would you run away in fear
Would you kiss him on the cheek
Or smile bashfully
The days were long
The fires were warm
The starry nights
The frosty morn
The sun shining down again
Each day was better than the last
If I could bring you back again
I’d give my future for your past
Stories that I’ll never know
Numbered like sand on the shore
Up to the mind to devise
A picture of the country life

Did you climb on bails of hay
And go swimming in the lake
Did you wander through the corn
Minnesota bred and born
Did you pretend that you were wed
To a military man
Imagining your kids
Blue shutters, picket fence
The days were long
The fires were warm
The starry nights
The frosty morn
The sun shining down again
Each day was better than the last
If I could bring you back again
I’d give my future for your past
Did you lie awake in bed
Talking with your friends
As questions would arise
Would you giggle in surprise
If George Harrison were here
Would you run away in fear
Would you kiss him on the cheek
Or smile bashfully
The days were long
The fires were warm
The starry nights
The frosty morn
The sun shining down again
Each day was better than the last
If I could bring you back again
I’d give my future for your past
Stories that I’ll never know
Numbered like sand on the shore
Up to the mind to devise
A picture of the country life