verse a:
Am
So here we are, alone -
Dm E Am
our children have grown up and moved away.
F Am
living their own lives, they say...
Fmaj7-5 G E
It all seems very strange to me.
verse b (same a):
I don't understand their ways: our children amaze me all the time and I often wonder why they make me feel so sad, and suddenly old.verse c:
Am
Now we're left with an empty home
Dm E
from our nest all the birds have flown for foreign skies.
Am
We're discarded, of no further use,
Dm E
though we gave our kids all our youth and all our lives
we really tried.
verse d (same as a):
Now there's only my wife and me we used to have a family - now that's gone and only memories linger on... it all seems very wrong to me.verse e:
Am
To our sorrows they were quite deaf
Dm E
and as soon as they could they left us to our tears.
Am
We always tried to teach what was good -
Dm E
yes, we gave our kids all we could through all the years.
verse f:
Am
So here we are at last;
Dm E Am
the time has gone so fast and so have my dreams.
F E
I simply don't know what it all means,
Fmaj7-5
this pointless passage through the night,
G Esus4 E
this autumn-time, this walk upon the water...
ending:
Am
I wonder how long
G
it will be till this song
F E Am
is sung by our own sons and daughters?