Remember when

Remember when I was young and so were you

 And time stood still and love was all we knew

 You were the first, so was I

 We made love and then you cried

 Remember when

 

Remember when we vowed the vows and walked the walk

 Gave our hearts, made the start, it was hard

 We lived and learned, life threw curves

 There was joy, there was hurt

 Remember when

 

Remember when old ones died and new were born

 And life was changed, disassembled, rearranged

 We came together, fell apart

 And broke each other's hearts

 Remember when

 

Remember when the sound of little feet

Was the music we danced to week to week

 Brought back the love, we found trust

 Vowed we'd never give it up

 Remember when

 

Remember when thirty seemed so old

 Now lookin' back, it's just a steppin' stone

 To where we are, where we've been

 Said we'd do it all again

 Remember when

 

Remember when we said when we turned gray

 When the children grow up and move away

 We won't be sad, we'll be glad

 For all the life we've had

 And we'll remember when

 

Remember when

 Remember when

 

I love this song because Alan Jackson is telling the story of his life with his wife and he doesn’t leave out any details because even the personal things are shown letting people who listen really feel like they are part of the story. The musicality of this song is simple, but it’s nice because it doesn’t take away from the words. This song is very poetic in the way that he repeats remember when in each new paragraph in both the beginning and end. I just think it’s the sweetest thing ever that Alan wrote this for his wife. I also love how the song is like a time line and it goes through the years from the start to the present time. (317)