Thirty Years Begin Now

Lyrics

30 years have passed and we're here again In your childhood yard, at childhood's end We the branches we the leaves We that remain of our families It was over here we planted a tree A promise of our life to be So we stood beneath an antique quilt Our multithreaded canopy EE Cummings words were read I thank you god for this amazing day For the leaping greenly spirits of trees Inside behind my eyes I prayed CHORUS Here we stand again On this changing ground As 30 years end 30 years begin now Then I sang with the band Embraceable You And all the longing of Someday Soon And all I'd longed for was coming true Down the toughest road I would follow you The last song was Ashokan Farewell I took off my shoes and danced with you To that sad bluegrass melody Old things end with something new We drove again our open road And nothing was the same On my hand was your gold ring In my heart a promise I'd never break CHORUS Oh this is living ground And only this moment matters now And what I feel for you today And the spirit of trees And the promise I made CHORUS