FROM THE TIME
SHE WAS THIRTEEN
JULIE THOMPSON
HAD A DREAM
THAT SOMEDAY
SHE WOULD SEE
HER NAME IN LIGHTS
AND AFTER EVERY
HIGH SCHOOL PLAY
THE GROWN-UPS ALL
WOULD SAY
THAT JULIE'S FUTURE
SURE IS LOOKIN' BRIGHT
WELL I SAW HER
SELLIN' VIDEOS
AT A STORE
IN EASTLAND MALL
I SAID WHY AREN'T YOU
IN HOLLYWOOD
TAKING CASTING CALLS
SHE HANDED ME
MY CHANGE
AND STARTED LAUGHIN'
AND SAID
LIFE HAPPENED
ME AND BOBBY CHAPMAN
FELL IN LOVE
DADDY PASSED AWAY
AND THE BABIES CAME
AND DRAMA SCHOOL
WAS JUST TOO MUCH
NOW THERE'S
LITTLE LEAGUE
AND MOUTHS TO FEED
AND I DIRECT
THE KINDERGARTEN
CHRISTMAS PAGEANT
LIFE HAPPENED
CURTIS HAD
AN OLD CHEVELLE
THE COPS KNEW
THAT CAR WELL
HE NEVER LOST A RACE
ON WINDY HOLLOW
ROAD
AND BY THE TIME
HE TURNED EIGHTEEN
HE WAS THE GEORGIA
DIRT TRACK KING
PROUDLY SPONSORED BY
THE LOCAL TEXACO
I BUMPED INTO HIM
AT MURPHY'S BAR
AND HE ORDERED US
A ROUND
I SAID WHY AREN'T YOU
IN ROCKINGHAM
CHASING GORDON DOWN
HE KILLED HIS DRINK
AND TORE THE CORNERS
OFF HIS NAPKIN
AND SAID
LIFE HAPPENED
I WAS DRIVIN' HOME
FROM ATHENS
LATE ONE NIGHT
A TRUCKER FELL ASLEEP
AND SWAPPED PAINT
WITH ME
SAID I ROLLED THAT VAN
AT LEAST FIVE TIMES
NOW I THANK MY STARS
AND I SELL USED CARS
AND I TEACH
DRIVERS EDUCATION AT
SAINT CATHERINE'S
YEAH LIFE HAPPENED
I SAW THE REST
OF MY OLD FRIENDS
AT OUR REUNION
AT THE HOLIDAY INN
AND IT SEEMED LIKE
IT WAS ONLY YESTERDAY
STANDIN' IN THE GYM
IN OUR CAP AND GOWN
FULL OF WANDERLUST
AND GLORY BOUND
WE SET OUT
TO CHASE OUR DREAMS
ON WINGS OF PASSION
BUT SOMEWHERE
ALONG THE WAY
WE GOT DISTRACTED
LIFE HAPPENED
OUR CLOTHES
WENT OUT OF FASHION
WITH OUR SONGS
WE STARTED FAMILIES
AND BOUGHT S.U.V.'S
BECAME STEP-DADS
AND SOCCER MOMS
I FINALLY REALIZED
WE TURNED OUT
ALRIGHT
AND WE SPENT
THE NIGHT JUST
CATCHING UP
AND DANCING
AND LIFE HAPPENED