Way Back When

Lyrics

Watching you laugh till you can barely breathe Doing tricks out on the trampoline Still refusing to brush your teeth at the end of the day Trying to catch you a lightning bolt Four leaf clovers and a pot of gold You still don't like doing what you're told But I guess that's okay Because pretty soon you'll be 21 Out on the town just having fun And I'll still remember you, my son From way back when Pretty soon you'll be 32 You'll call me up out of the blue You'll still sound like the kid I knew From way back when You came home crying this afternoon Some kid at school said some things about you Now you're feeling some kind of blue That I can't make go away You are moving and you are becoming I guess this is where you start running out of the door and into the sun And I have to be okay Because pretty soon you'll be 43 You'll be looking back, just like me And we'll laugh about how it used to be Way back when Maybe by then you'll live far away Some other city, in some other state Please come home for Christmas and it'll be great Like way back when Going past in the blink of an eye I slow it down and I try and I try But I've learned you have to let go of whatever it is you love so much Pretty soon you'll be older than me And I'll be part of history And I hope you'll carry the best of me From way back when I know you'll carry the best of me From way back when