1953

I found you in the summer heat of 1953 Wise words from your father said "I know that boy's your brother's friend, but I don't think he keeps comin' round for him" Again and again and again I had to swim away Semper fi but I'll be back someday I'll take you by the hand and say Be mine, be mine, be mine And if someday You grow tired and your memory fades, it's all right I will never leave your side And oh when it's time You can come find me In 1953 Leave New York and see the countryside Little city and a bigger life Watch it grow into a thousand eyes It's ours, it's ours, it's ours Oh it's ours, it's ours, it's ours And if someday You grow tired and your memory fades, it's all right I will never leave your side And oh when it's time You can come find me In 1953 ("You were my brother's friend") ("Years later, my father said, 'You know? I think he's coming to see you'") It's written in the gold ring ("It could be true") ("It is true!") Passed down the line Hanging in the branches ("We landed on the right path, I really feel") You see it in their eyes Pressed in the concrete ("It was a good life, we're all very happy") Where we used to reside It's larger than life And if someday You grow tired and your memory fades, it's okay And when my heart gives away It's all right I will never leave your side And oh when it's time Just come find me In 1953