Letras
Someone said "Youth is wasted on the young"
I spent every last drop of time that summer in the sun
My daddy had a Timex watch
Cigarette in his hand and a mouth full of scotch
Spinning me around like he'd tilt the world on his arm
Houses need paint, winters bring snow
Kids come on in before your supper gets cold
Collection plates and daddy's billfold
And that's how it goes
You live long enough
People get old
I sat up right beside him in the cab of the truck
Going thirty miles an hour down a side road
Talking about the fish we caught
And I'm older now than he was then
If I could go back in time I would in a second
In these beat up blue jeans and a t-shirt with the sleeves cut off
Houses need paint, winters bring snow
Kids growing up and sneaking out the window
Hitting every small town dirt road
And that's how it goes
You live long enough
People get old
And daddy keeps busy in the afternoon
Playing cards by himself
And he shouldn't be shoveling that first snow
But you know he won't take the help
Full of pride and love he don't say too much
But hell, he never did
And you still think he's 45
And he still thinks that you're a kid
One day you'll find yourself saying the things he said
You'll be walking down the hallway turning off every light switch
And you'll twirl your kids in your arms
Before you know it won't take too long
They'll be running off making a life just like you did
Houses need paint, winters bring snow
Nothing says love like a band of gold
Babies grow up and houses get sold
And that's how it goes
Time is a thief, pain is a gift
The past is the past, it is what it is
Every line on your face tells a story somebody knows
It's just how it goes
You live long enough
The people you love