I See It Now

That year in Oakland High

When I was seventeen

The grass from there to San Jose

Was high and cool and green

I see it now

Too brash and young was I

To know what time could mean

The old Acacia lawn cut down

Was felt but never seen

I see it now

That world I knew is lost to me

Loves have come and gone

The years go racing by

I live as best I can

And all at once I know it means the making of a man

I see it now

I see it now

I see it now