Where have you gone

Where have you gone, carefree days?
Those days we spent together,
soaking up the sun,
enjoying the weather.

Where have you gone, carefree days?
Wind in our hair,
sand between our toes,
no worries whatsoever.

Where have you gone, carefree days?
A buck for a coffee,
late to bed, late to rise,
and always happy.

Where have you gone, carefree days?
You've left us for the here and now.
Textbooks so heavy,
gotta sleep, gotta study.

Smiles not as easy,
no sun that I see.
Cold chilly days,
winter approaching.

Gotta live, gotta learn, gotta move on.
Figure it out.
Find a place.
Get a job. Grow up.

Where have you gone, carefree days?
And why is it so difficult,
to take what once was,
mix it with the here and now,
and make something new?

Where have you gone, carefree days?
Have you left me?
Or is it I,
that has left you?