Joanne Gabriel - When I Look Back at Twenty

from 13,760 Feet - My Personal Hole in the Sky by A TWA Flight 800 Memoir by Mark L Berry

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Companion Song: 13,760 Feet - My Personal Hole in the Sky
Chapter 40 – 25 Years Since ERAU

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When I Look Back at Twenty - lyrics

When I look back at twenty
Now that I’m forty-five
I think of all I’ve been through
And that I’m lucky to be alive

I can still picture classmates
Whose aircraft broke apart
I’m still doing what they loved
And carry them in my heart

If I was twenty again
And could see me today
Would I be proud of myself
That I’d turned out okay?

If I was twenty again
And could see me today
Would I be proud of myself
That I’d turned out okay?

I became the pilot
I wanted to be
I’ve seen of the world
What I wanted to see

But what else have I become
As I look at what’s me
The wandering branch
Of my family tree

When I look back at twenty
Now that I’m forty-five
The lesson I’ve learned
Is how to survive

When I look back at twenty
Now that I’m forty-five
The lesson I’ve learned
Is how to survive

And now I look forward
At what’s still to be
And when I look back from sixty
If I’ll still recognize me

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from 13,760 Feet - My Personal Hole in the Sky, track released September 28, 2013
Words by Mark L Berry
Music by Joanne Gabriel
Performed by Joanne Gabriel

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Mark’s an airline pilot with an MFA from Fairfield University, author of a memoir and two novels, contributing editor for Airways magazine, and former managing editor for Mason's Road literary journal. His work has also appeared in numerous magazines, journals, and newspapers. He lives in St. Louis, MO near the big staple in the middle of the USA map. Locals call it: The Arch. ... more

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