All This Time

What did you see for you as a child looking ahead?

Could you imagine where the world and life would go?

And how to prepare for a tale that’s not been read,

Or learn the things you never thought you’d have to know?

All the surprises both with laughter and with tears,

Did you want to tap the breaks to slow them down?

Or where you ever anxious to speed along the years

And find a safe spot when you thought that you might drown.

And all this time as life goes marching forward, all this time it’s probably not been clear.

Did you know I’m forever so grateful that all this time I’ve always known you’re near.

Did you ever wonder if you had the strength to face another trial when you’re still shaken from the last?

Is there disappointment or some truer form of grace when you look upon the lot that you’ve been cast?

And all this time as life goes marching forward, all this time it’s probably not been clear.

Did you know I’m forever so grateful that all this time I’ve always known you’re near.

And know when I look at your face I see the strength and the courage you’ve shown.

And know when I think of the past it’s the good and the fact that I knew that you loved me so I was never all alone.

All this time as life goes marching forward, all this time it’s probably not been clear.

Did you know I’m forever so grateful that all this time I’ve always known you’re near.

All this time as life goes marching forward, all this time it’s probably not been clear.

Did you know I’m forever so grateful that all this time I’ve always known you’re near.

Yes all this time I’ve always known you’re near.