This song has a lot more clarity in the Toh Kay version, I never even noticed that this version was lacking an entire verse until I read your comments.
"So now you're old, raising your own
Two souls, to put yourself at home
You finally settled down
You’ve seen the world but your heart never left this town
They have the eyes of your mother
The kind of crooked teeth of their father
No one will ever know, a love as pure as the love that you feel for them
You’ll hold them up, you’ll hold them up
And everybody else should fall to the wayside
There is no end no beginning
On this merry-go-round we call living
Someday you will return, every single ounce of the love you were given
Someday they’ll go
And when they leave home
You will be grateful for the lesson that you learned
You had to travel half the world
To realize what you knew all along
That everything will end up where it belongs"
He did leave the town, he went on and lived his life, but his mind was always with his family and his friends at home. It's a song about life and how it all cycles. It's beautiful, and it's probably my favorite of his songs.
This song has a lot more clarity in the Toh Kay version, I never even noticed that this version was lacking an entire verse until I read your comments.
"So now you're old, raising your own Two souls, to put yourself at home You finally settled down You’ve seen the world but your heart never left this town They have the eyes of your mother The kind of crooked teeth of their father No one will ever know, a love as pure as the love that you feel for them
You’ll hold them up, you’ll hold them up And everybody else should fall to the wayside There is no end no beginning On this merry-go-round we call living Someday you will return, every single ounce of the love you were given
Someday they’ll go And when they leave home You will be grateful for the lesson that you learned You had to travel half the world To realize what you knew all along That everything will end up where it belongs"
He did leave the town, he went on and lived his life, but his mind was always with his family and his friends at home. It's a song about life and how it all cycles. It's beautiful, and it's probably my favorite of his songs.