Within This Old Park

Within this old park On the housing estate The fun as a child that I had, Waking the memories Of times I'd forgotten The times I was happy and glad. It all looks familiar Although things have changed The picture is almost the same, The trees have all grown And the flats have all gone Yet this is the place where I came. As sunlight does shine Over dark terraced rooftops The silhouette shapes that I see, The slide and the swings And the see-saw beyond That now is as still as can be. Once there was laughter And smiles in the sunshine Here in the days long before, Now hushed are the voices The park so deserted Where children don't play anymore.