The smell before the rain Always makes me so nostalgic for summers back in Texas I wonder how my dog that ran away is doing now I hope he thinks about me each time he chews a shoelace Every time I see a John Wayne movie I'm thankful for my dad And how he raised me. I honestly believe That I'm the same as I was when I was 14 I still worry about things that really don't matter I found the meaning of life in a fortune cookie It said stop asking how and why to live life And just do it. I guess Nike was right But I've never been one to take advice I guess everything reminds you of something