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You say, weâre getting older
You say, remember when?
When we were younger
And a Mother hungered
For a simple lifeâ¦.
I remember years ago when you came into my room
Iâd scream and then Iâd laugh at you, like a teenage boy will do
Not a brother then or friend to say,
âYouâre too beautiful to count the waysâ
You were lovely with your broken smile
I was blinded by your light
Seventeen and almost grown
I found a place to call my own
You came into my door that night so alive alive alive
We drank the wine that night to take the dare
It hit you hard
I held your hair
You were lovely with your broken smile
I began to see the light
Yeah, when youâre feeling a little low
Yeah, when youâre cryinâ out for more
Yeah, Iâll be running
Never far from where you are
Twenty four he broke your heart
They flew me home to see your dark
Through a canyon deep in desert land
We would drive and drive and drive
You said âletâs melt into the ground today
Stare at the clouds and laugh awayâ
You were lovely with your broken smile
I was proud to see your light
Iâm thinking 50 years from now
When all is said and done
With babies grown and lovers gone
To time and time and time
Weâll recall the days when Mom would say
âYouâre too beautiful to count the waysâ
Youâll be lovely with your broken smile
When you rise into the light
Yeah, when youâre feeling a little low
Yeah, when youâre cryinâ out for more
Yeah, Iâll be running
Never far from where you are
Theyâll say, âweâre gettinâ olderâ
Theyâll say, âremember when?
When they were younger and a Mother hungered
For a simple life
A simple life.â