The ocean wears the rocks into sand,
Seasons change upon the land,
Once a boy but now a man,
I look back on the years
I think of all my family who
Came and went before I knew,
They had dreams just like I do,
How I wish I'd known them all.
And the songs we sing,
And the tunes we play,
Have echoed out before,
On moonlit nights or on stormy seas,
On the land or far from shore
As my fingers play these notes,
And the memories draw the tears,
I think of all my family
And the passing of the years.
Somewhere in the years gone by,
My parents they were girl and boy,
Together they would laugh and cry,
As they journeyed on through life
But time goes by and hair turns gray,
Children grow and move away,
Young I wish they both could stay,
But that could never be.
Pre-Chorus
And all the things I've learned from them
I never will forget,
The times that they were proud of me,
And the times they were upset
As my fingers play these notes,
And the memories draw the tears,
I think of all my family
And the passing of the years.
My grandparents were special, too,
They sang old songs that no one knew,
They'd always smile when they saw you,
Growing before their eyes
But grandparents disappear,
I miss them more every year,
Sometimes I shed a tear,
To see them once again.
Pre-Chorus
And the hands that once held us
On the days that we were born,
Have since become all weathered,
Aged, and worn
As my fingers play these notes,
And the memories draw the tears,
I think of all my family
And the passing of the years.
Now as I sit and dream where my life is going
And where it's been,
I picture all the sites I've seen
And the people that I've met
And sometimes when I start to cry,
My mind drifts back to days gone by,
There is no simple answer
Why time goes by so fast.
Pre-Chorus
And the songs we sing,
And the tunes we play,
Have echoed out before,
On moonlit nights or on stormy seas,
On the land or far from shore
As my fingers play these notes,
And the memories draw the tears,
I think of all my family
And the passing of the yeeeears.
I think of all my family
And the passing of the years.