The Things We've Handed Down Lyrics

Lyric discussion by oofus 

Cover art for The Things We've Handed Down lyrics by Marc Cohn

this is was written when his wife was pregnant. his wife had a miscarriage with their first child, so i'm not sure if the lines "Will you be a sad reminder Of what's been lost along the way Maybe you can help me find her In the things you do and say " reference that or the loss of marc's own mother.