Bernard Snyder - 'Remembering Where I Came From'

If I were to stumble upon success
acquire fortune and fame,
become a songwriting sensation
possess my very own airplane (that would be so cool)
but it would all be for not
if I suddenly start to change
get caught up in a lifestyle
of flamboyance and material things,
lose sight of what's important
like family and true friends
but I can promise this won't ever happen
because I know exactly who I am
and how much of a disgrace it would be
if I forget the road from which I came.

Bernard Snyder

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