Gone Are the Days

And we were just a child with the mess that children make

And we were running wild, no thoughts for what we'd break

But gone are all the days, gone are all the days

And once we learned to hide, our size did keep us safe

The sidewalk cracks were wide, but to jump 'em made us brave

But then the darkness came a-creeping over every place

Over time we took to sleeping, and let the weeds take over this place

Well, how about the backyard, sons and daughters

C'mon, we've got to get some work done

The bones, I'm told, they hold the place up, so why crack 'em away

The rocks we shake, and everything we take and still think will be ok

But gone are all the days, gone are all the days

Well, the limbs outside this house are dignified by the forces uncontained

And how we survive when the wells run dry, and not a muscle does remain

For when we rode the thunder steely faced

And we kicked our heels into the belly of the chase

So becomes a garden soft embrace into a hungry, hollow taste

If we keep building fires and fanning up the flames

Even the waters from our eyes'll never dampen down that blaze

But gone are all the days, gone are all the days

Still every morning's light and all the day it stays

Until it turns to night and then the future's on its way

And the future's never gonna lay down, it won't lay down its face

Hold that shoulder strong and carry it along, and steady it with grace