| Years ago I knew a man
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| He was my mother’s biggest fan
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| We used to walk beside the sea
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| And he’d tell how my life would be
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| When I grew up to be a man
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| Years ago we used to play
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| He used to laugh when I ran away
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| But when I fell and hurt my knee
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| He used to come and comfort me
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| And the pain would go away
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| Years ago I knew a boy
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| He was his daddy’s pride and joy
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| But when the daddy went away
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| It was such a rainy day
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| That he brought out all his toys
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| Now the momma did explain
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| Trying to take away the pain
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| He just couldn’t understand
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| That his father was not a man
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| And it all was just a game
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| Years have passed and so have I
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| Making it hard to cry
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| And if and when I have a son
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| Let it all be said and done
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| Let all that sadness pass him by |