Thirty odd years on, and it's like nothing has changed.
Back in those days we had such a passion for life.
We were so crazy, some would say quite deranged.
Two giggling girls chasing excitement and dreams,
Precious memories, tell me do you remember when
Our only concern was music, boy's, fashion and fun.
Listening to sixties hits, pictures of matchstick men.
She makes me laugh, she makes me cry
With a twinkle of her eye
Our fashion sense was despicable so out of control,
But I just loved your tangerine stiletto heeled shoes.
I wore a purple and pink flimsy patterned tent dress,
Tank tops were fabulous, stripy red, yellow and blue.
I smuggled make up out. so as my dad wouldn't see,
Stood using the telephone box mirror applying it thick.
Soft pastel peach lips and black Dusty Springfield eyes,
I thought I looked just adorable, and so sexy and slick.
We walk here, we walk there
People stop, and people stare
All the boys in Casa Grande would whistle and shout,
While we swaggered along like top movie star queens.
Red transistor radio playing out Luxembourg top tunes,
Remember the lemon pipers, and my green tambourine.
Sometimes I wish that I could stop and rewind the tape,
Jump back for a night just to feel and relive that time.
But here we are now, reminiscing in this unfamiliar bar,
Grateful for the happy memories that brought us this far.
She flies like a bird oh me oh my
I see her sigh.
The years pass so quickly as we grow older with time,
Though the memories we share will live on to the end.
We both have our families and different lives of our own,
But I'll always remember you Maggie, my teenage friend.
Now I know, I can't let Maggie go
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I swear I went to 9 different schools from K-12th. Spent most of the time tring to get use to a new place and ooops it was time to go. I know that long friendships do happen cause both of my daughters ( who are in their 30's) have frinds they have had for over 20yrs. Beautiful piece, it must have been inspiration for the other piece.
