TO TELL YOU I REMEMBER WHEN
YOU WERE A VERY YOUNG MAN
AND I WAS A LITTLE GIRL
WE NEVER SEEM TO UNDERSTAND
EXACTLY WHAT LIFE MEANT THEN
BUT WE DID THE BEST WE KNEW HOW TO DO
WE DECIDED WE WOULD MARRY
EVERYTHING WAS IN A HURRY
THEN THE KIDS CAME FAST TO
YOU AND I ARE NOT SO YOUNG
LIFE FOR US AIN'T MUCH FUN ANYMORE
NOW THAT WE ARE GETTING OLDER
LET ME CRY UPON YOUR SHOULDER
TELL YOU HOW MUCH WE NEED YOU HOME
BY THE WAY BEFORE I GO
THE KIDS SAID TO SAY HELLO
AND NEXT TIME DON'T STAY AWAY SO LONG
written by sue swan copyright©1976