Story Behind The Song
My visualization of an imaginary day in the past that eventually led to the present. It's a much different world now but the same traditional values, hopes, and dreams...are just as vital and real.
Song Description
I imagined the best case scenario for my brother Jackson......when he was growing up......since I'm ten years older than him..and never experienced what he did......after I left home. I wrote an emotional song about what I hoped was a day in his young l
| Song Length |
3:52 |
Genre |
Country - Contemporary, Country - Traditional |
| Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Peaceful, Serene |
Subject |
General, Life |
| Similar Artists |
Alabama, The Eagles |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1980 - 1989 |
| |
Lyrics
MEMORIES OF HOME
Writer: Jerry Lee Surber (ASCAP) Copyright 1982
WAKIN' UP HUNGRY
STILL HALF ASLEEP....AS I STUMBLED DOWN THE STAIRS
HOTCAKES..EGGS..AND BACON....COOKIN' ON THE STOVE
EXCITEMENT IN THE AIR....COULDN'T HELP
LOOKIN' FORWARD....TO THE DAY AHEAD
EVERYTHING WAS ROSES....ALL-A-GLOW
MEMORIES....OF HOME
EVERYBODY'S GOT 'EM
THOSE MEMORIES....OF HOME
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
THOSE MEMORIES....OF HOME
WHAT'S BECOME OF THEM ?
MEMORIES....OF HOME
WHATEVER HAPPENED....TO THE FEELIN'
THAT EVERYTHING..WOULD TURN OUT A-OK ?
LORD I JUST DON'T KNOW
WHERE THE MEMORIES HAVE GONE
BUT I KNOW..THAT THINGS ARE DIFFERENT
THAN THEY WERE....WHEN I WAS YOUNGER
THAN I AM TODAY
IT'S ALL UP TO ME....TO CARRY ON
MEMORIES....OF HOME
EVERYBODY'S GOT 'EM
THOSE MEMORIES....OF HOME
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
THOSE MEMORIES....OF HOME
WHAT'S BECOME OF THEM ?
MEMORIES....OF HOME
Copyright 1982 Jerry Lee Surber (ASCAP)
SURBER MUSIC COMPANY PUBLISHING (ASCAP)
A SURBER-MARTIN PRODUCTION