I found you in the summer heat of 1953
Wise words from your father said
"I know that boy's your brother's friend, but I don't think he keeps comin' round for him"
Again and again and again
I had to swim away
Semper fi but I'll be back someday
I'll take you by the hand and say
Be mine, be mine, be mine
And if someday
You grow tired and your memory fades, it's all right
I will never leave your side
And oh when it's time
You can come find me
In 1953
Leave New York and see the countryside
Little city and a bigger life
Watch it grow into a thousand eyes
It's ours, it's ours, it's ours
Oh it's ours, it's ours, it's ours
And if someday
You grow tired and your memory fades, it's all right
I will never leave your side
And oh when it's time
You can come find me
In 1953
("You were my brother's friend")
("Years later, my father said, 'You know? I think he's coming to see you'")
It's written in the gold ring
("It could be true")
("It is true!")
Passed down the line
Hanging in the branches
("We landed on the right path, I really feel")
You see it in their eyes
Pressed in the concrete
("It was a good life, we're all very happy")
Where we used to reside
It's larger than life
And if someday
You grow tired and your memory fades, it's okay
And when my heart gives away
It's all right
I will never leave your side
And oh when it's time
Just come find me
In 1953