Close your eyes, my child
It's been a long hard day
Your mommy says that you're much too rough
When you're out at play
I was just a little boy like you are
But I was a rebel at my school
Sticking bubblegum down the inkwell
And writing silly rhymes upon my rule
Goodbye, my dear father
You lived a good, long life
But you left us all much too quickly
My, my, my, how time flies
Still, never mind, my faithful mother
Dry those heartbroken tears
I'll do the best that I can, dear
But I can never bring you back
Those 50 happy years
Time must go on
Like the sun must surely sink from the sky
Time waits not for any man
Comes the day when we all must say goodbye
We're all subject to the same
And time is creeping still
But we pretend it just doesn't happen that way
The hours, we just live to fill
Goodbye, my dear father
We're all traveling down your road
No matter how we may struggle
Every one of us is surely
Growing old