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Texas On My Mind
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Texas On My Mind |
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John Yaws Senior Member
since 1999-10-09
Posts 860Texas 
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Sitting by the seashore Starring out to sea- Watch the palm trees bending Yielding to the breeze. Moonlight on the water Reflecting from the beach, The stars so bright, they almost seem To be within my reach. Another lonely soldier- A long, long way from home Regretting I’d enlisted, And wanted so to roam. Thinking about Mama- And a steaming coffee pot- I see one’s never thankful For the good thingas that he’s got. I’d heard about the islands- And the balmy tropic clime, And all those pretty hula girls And all the fun-filled times. I’d trade it for a ticket- One way to San Antone- Where I’d stick my thumb up in the air And make my way back home. A friend on old Oahu Is mighty hard to find- For a lonely teen-aged soldier, Who has Texas on his mind. ------------------ Live large, people! ~GS~ http://www.geocities.com/montcogunslinger/HomePage.html |
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Marge Tindal 
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
There you go ... you've done it again ! Captured me and lassoed me in. I am spell-bound with the reading of your tales. ------------------ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ noles1@totcon.com |
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Pepper Member Elite
since 1999-08-19
Posts 3079Southern Florida |
Marge, I have to borrow "spell bound" because that's the word that describes it best for me too! Gunslinger......I really liked this piece much....excellent! ------------------ A soul that writes from the heart and shares it, truly gives a gift extraordinaire! |
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caroline Senior Member
since 1999-08-16
Posts 1218http://members.xoom.com/belladona123/index.htm |
Great imagery here GS. I can see him sitting on that beach and missing his mom. Yep...like this one a lot  ------------------ Time's fun when you're having flies~~Kermit the Frog |
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Mike Member Elite
since 1999-06-19
Posts 2462 |
Yep, like it also. |
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Julie Senior Member
since 1999-08-20
Posts 739Houston, TX |
Like this much Gunslinger being a Texan myself...San Antonio...Riverwalk...sitting by the sea...(gulf)...my favorite places in Texas...homeward bound for that homesick soldier. |
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