I used the bridge that Jimmy wrote for "Hard Times" to seed a new song:
Oh how I long to see again
The home I left behind
Where every hand’s a friendly one
Where folks are good and kind
There neighbors help each other out
We’re all one family
I’ve left the past that never was
For a future that never will be
It's hard to recall
Easy old days
Sunshine my love
Disappears in a haze
Oh dear mother weep no more
Please do not cry for me
I’ve left the past that never was
For a future that never will be
Oh now I work for principles
Of love and hope and change
We’ll build ourselves a world that will be
Beautiful and strange
We’ll fight for justice, freedom and
For equality
I’ve left the past that never was
For a future that never will be
It's hard to remember
But it hurts to forget
I was born in December
And I'm not finished yet
Oh dear mother weep no more
Please do not cry for me
I’ve left the past that never was
For a future that never will be
