Remember that summer
Down by the shoreline
I still can hear those old
Forgotten songs
And we made promises
To last forever
I just can´t belive those
Days are gone
There used to be a place
That we could call our own
We used to think tomorrow
Was a long, long time
But sadness filled my heart
When I knew the moment had come
When I had to leave those days
Behind
I felt so free
Where I wanted to be
The days went so fast
How I wish they could last
So far from my homeland
I´m lost in time
My soul´s still searchin´
For that peace of mind
Those sacred landscapes
Come miles around
And my heart´s still beatin´
For those country grounds
Remember when our hearts
Were filled with laughter
It echoes in my trail
Of fallen tears
But no matter where I am today
Or what the future might bring
I will remember those
Long gone years
I can´t let go
I wanna know
Does it have to end
For the best of friends
So far from my homeland
I´m lost in time
And my soul´s still searchin´
For that peace of mind
Those sacred landscapes
Come miles around
And my heart´s still beatin´
For those country grounds
Lord I know
That those days are gone
Long, long, gone
I felt so free
Where I wanted to be
The days went so fast
How I wish they could last
Down by the shoreline
I still can hear those old
Forgotten songs
And we made promises
To last forever
I just can´t belive those
Days are gone
That we could call our own
We used to think tomorrow
Was a long, long time
But sadness filled my heart
When I knew the moment had come
When I had to leave those days
Behind
Where I wanted to be
The days went so fast
How I wish they could last
I´m lost in time
My soul´s still searchin´
For that peace of mind
Those sacred landscapes
Come miles around
And my heart´s still beatin´
For those country grounds
Were filled with laughter
It echoes in my trail
Of fallen tears
But no matter where I am today
Or what the future might bring
I will remember those
Long gone years
I wanna know
Does it have to end
For the best of friends
I´m lost in time
And my soul´s still searchin´
For that peace of mind
Those sacred landscapes
Come miles around
And my heart´s still beatin´
For those country grounds
That those days are gone
Long, long, gone
I felt so free
Where I wanted to be
The days went so fast
How I wish they could last
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Joey wrote this as a tax exile in the West Indies. It's about missing his homeland -- Sweden and reminiscing about the past he had there.
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I guess the band was really stuck. They did not want to stay and did not want to go home. At the same time the whole rock-genre were getting into trouble culturally and financially. Grunge was on the rise and the values of the materialistic 1980s were crumbling into pieces.
I guess the band was really stuck. They did not want to stay and did not want to go home. At the same time the whole rock-genre were getting into trouble culturally and financially. Grunge was on the rise and the values of the materialistic 1980s were crumbling into pieces.
Missing your family and roots while being away for a long period of time.....
such a beautiful ballad.. about missing your home and family and friends... makes me cry when i hear it..
This song has such a sense of yearning about it, sometimes it can bring a tear to my eye. The band had been living in North America for so long, trying like hell to get a foothold in the United States. They were homesick, missing their girlfriends/wives, missing their kids...even the ridiculously cold Swedish winters!