Blink
Oh give me back those baby years
The sleepless nights and all
I miss the days when I could watch
You toddling down my hall
Time is such a hungry thing
It gobbles up your life
You go from taking baby steps
To being someone's wife
When we're young it seems forever
Old age is but a myth
And we spend our time on thoughts and plans
Instead of those we're with
And one day when it's over
We're left wondering where it went
And wishing for a re-run
Of together time we spent
I wish we'd talked a little more
Of things that really matter
Instead of all the time spent
On forgotten daily chatter
Each argument and angry word
Is one I now regret
Tho I'd like to do those over
That's a chance I'll never get
Childhood days are special gifts
But gifts not meant to last
As each moment of the future
Steals its breath from days that pass
In my heart I knew the truth of that
And hoped time would be kind
As I tried so hard to tuck away
Those sweet years in my mind
But the planet keeps on turning
Childhood passes, life moves on
One day you played beside me
In a blink, you'd grown and gone
JWB