Advance Guards
by James Seals
(a song about aging)

I used to look out from my window
And see the tall grass in the wind
Standing there just like advance guards
Waiting for the battle to begin.

My mother used to be much younger
She'd sing me soft sweet lullabyes
I saw my fortress in the mountain
Each time I looked into her eyes.
But now she's gone.

Take me there, take me there
I don't care where we go
Take me, I just want to know
What I used to know
Take me there, take me there
I don't care where we go
Take me there, take me
I just want to go...

My father's hair has turned to grey now
I never stopped to ask him why
And all the things that he once treasured
I see them slowly passing by.

And now I look out from my mountain
And see the soldiers in the field
It won't be long now till they'll have me
This time advance guards are for real.

Come on, Come on
Take me there, take me there
I don't care where we go
Take me, I just want to know
What I used to know
Take me there, take me there
I don't care where we go
Take me there, take me
I just want to go...

From the album "Summer Breeze" by Seals & Crofts
(C)1971 Sutjujo Music/Faizilu Publishing (BMI)
(C)1972 Warner Bros. Records, Inc.
All Rights Reserved

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