Colours Fade

Someone asked me yesterday, tell me 'bout your dad

The love, a happy memory, deep down and dusty that you have oh

I took some time to say something, and I had all the words

But he and I ran out of time, I was seen and never heard

I leave home before the sun, and I come home in the dark

I'd fill my day with other things, oh I thought he had no love

But I'm older now and I know, he was always watching me

I just wish my old father time would take us sailing on the sea

And I would give anything to be back there with him

No holding back, oh imagine the day

I'd be seen, I'd be heard

I'd be there for all its worth

Oh how the tables they have turned

And colours fade

Can I sit with you a while, my old fashioned gentleman

Are you here? Are you with me?

Or are you in days long gone?

I would give anything to be back there with him

No holding back, oh imagine the day

And I'd be seen, I'd be heard

I'd be there for all its worth

Oh how the tables they have turned

And colours fade

My wife says I'm a lot like you, we hold on with two bare hands

You grab the helm, I'll grab the wheel

And I'll see you at the end