The Days Of Yore

by: ®ussell™ Solomon

I remember the Days of Yore When Lego Town sprawled across my bedroom floor Commander Mark was on my TV screen Showing me the secrets of shading and foreshortening And the Beastie Boys jammed "Paul Revere" and "She's Crafty" on my two tape deck cassette playing machine My sister and I played with Barbies all night These were the best times of my life I organized Garbage Pail Kids with the help of my Mom I rode my bike into the woods to an old run down barn behind the nieghborhood Pool in suburban Clear Lake with friends smoking stolen cigarettes, WD-40 fires we'd make we'd hang out behind Safeway on Nasa Road One sweating and playing in the hot Texas sun we spray painted the back walls of this grocery store hey... we were kids without a care in the world we had all night nintendo sleep-overs playin' Metroid, Mario and listening to Guns N' Roses Dinosaurs, Transformers, He-Man and Mad Magazines These were a few of my favorite things Ninja Turtle Comics, Xanth and Pern Novels galore Were the things I would purchase at Jeremy's bookstore I remember reading these great works of literature On Boy Scout campouts that were exciting adventures Casa Ole' was my favorite place for my family to dine I got the red sauce because my sis said "the cheese dip is mine!" As I progressed on to higher levels of education Old friends turned away and new friends were made we played Dungeons & Dragons and were termed 'nerds' and shunned by the 'popular in-crowd' jerks In the mornings playing Magic at Clear Lake High School Large chunks of apple fritters were hurled at us, so cruel by those who believed us to be extremely uncool I became a Violent Femmes and Primus freak bought loads of CD's, listen to them everyday of the week I learned the ways of playing the upright bass and with inspiration from Les taught myself electric bass In orchestra the bass led to love from a girl I believed this feeling to be the best in the world I also learned a harsh lesson The love I was feeling would not last forever Seperation from her was hard as hell To this day I miss her but now i say 'Oh well...' True love, perhaps, is only a dream I have to move on without her and just be me... Playing in bands Styramex and 903BUOY Workin' at Randalls where I can't have a goatee Go to Fitzgeralds and Abyss to see local shows Go to see Primus, Tool and talk of Thatchy Hoez My parents in california, I sometimes feel alone I feel sort of out of place living in my grandpa's home Perhaps I should leave Houston and the Days of Yore And move out to Cali with my parents and live in Texas no more...

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