Wildflowers in a Mason Jar - John Denver

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I was thinking of the John Denver song today, "Wildflowers in a Mason Jar." Couldn't find any pix with flowers in mason jars to download, so these will have to suffice.

The lyrics to the song are as follows:

January back in '55 we road a Greyhound bus through the Georgia midnight

Grandpa was sleepin', and the winter sky was clear

We hit a bump and his head jerked back a little and he mumble somethin'

He woke up smilin' but his eyes were filled with tears.

He said:

I dreamed I was back on the farm

Twenty years have passed boy but the memory still warms me

Wildflowers in a mason jar.

He told me those old stories 'bout that one-room cabin in Kentucky

The smell of rain, and the warm earth in his hands

He slowly turned and stared outside his face was mirrored in the window

And his reflection flew across the moonlit land.

And he dreamed he was back on the farm

Tilts his head and listens to the early sound of the mornin'

Wildflowers in a mason jar.

An old man and an eight-year old boy rollin' down that midnight highway

Kentucky memories on a winter Georgia night

I started driftin' off and Grandpa tucked his coat around me

I think I tried to smile as I slowly closed my eyes

And I dreamed I was with him on the farm

Grandpa I can hear the evenin' wind out in the tall corn

Wildflowers in a mason jar

And the bus rolled through the night.

I hope you enjoyed today's post - it brings back memories for me.