Story Behind The Song

Based on a composite of friends of mine and my life.

Song Description

Baby boomer friends have to make choices that aren't easy.

Lyrics

Always Breathing Out
Copyright 2013
Charlie Camp

Long ago when we were young
long ago when life was free
We would run just like the wind
and never stop to breathe

We never had to worry
'bout trouble at our door
for we were "baby boomers"
Our dads had won the war

(chorus)We were always breathing out,
always breathing out
We were always breathing out,
and never breathing in.

Then sometime in the 60s
the rainbows went away
dark clouds on the horizon
of a grey, uncertain day

Our friends were getting "greetings"
from dear old Uncle Sam
and some were even dying
in a place called Vietnam

They were

And, so, we made our choices
and went our separate ways
no second thoughts or questions
We promised on that day

You went and joined the Army
but I could not, you know
for I was still in college
and had a year to go

We were

But now that its all over
and time has marched along
I think about those choices
and how things would have gone

If we had chosen different
and changed our destinies
maybe you would still be breathing
maybe it was all a dream...