Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Minutes To Memories, artist - John Mellencamp.
Date of issue: 25.08.1985
Song language: English
Minutes To Memories |
On a Greyhound thirty miles beyond Jamestown |
He saw the sun set on the Tennessee line |
He looked at the young man who was riding beside him |
He said I’m old kind of worn out inside |
I worked my whole life in the steel mills near Gary |
And my father before me I helped build this land |
Now I’m seventy-seven and with God as my witness |
I earned every dollar that passed through my hands |
My family and friends are the best thing I’ve known |
Through the eye of the needle I’ll carry them home |
Days turn to minutes and minutes to memories |
Life sweeps away the dreams that we have planned |
You are young and you are the future |
So suck it up and tough it out and be the best you can |
The rain hit the old dog in the twilight’s last gleaming |
He said Son it sounds like rattling old bones |
This highway is long but I know some that are longer |
By sunup tomorrow I guess I’ll be home |
Through the hills of Kentucky 'cross the Ohio river |
The old man kept talking 'bout his life and his times |
He fell asleep with his head against the window |
He said an honest man’s pillow is his peace of mind |
This world offers riches and riches will grow wings |
I don’t take stock in those uncertain things |
Days turn to minutes and minutes to memories |
Life sweeps away the dreams that we have planned |
You are young and you are the future |
So suck it up and tough it out and be the best you can |
The old man had a vision but it was hard for me to follow |
I do things my way and I pay a high price |
When I think back on the old man and the bus ride |
Now that I’m older I can see he was right |
Another hot one out on highway eleven |
This is my life It’s what I’ve chosen to do |
There’s no free rides, no one said it’d be easy |
The old man told me this my son i’m telling it to you |
Days turn to minutes and minutes to memories |
Life sweeps away the dreams that we have planned |
You are young and you are the future |
So suck it up and tough it out and be the best you can |