1985
August framed by the window
Looking out on a gravel road
An oak tree, swaying, just like you
With nowhere to go
He was ten years older
Built turbines on the factory line
A good man, he was, but it wasn't right
And you knew it all along
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Where did the time go?
It's 1985, you're barely thirty-five
With hands and eyes
As heavy as the rain
Where did the time go?
Remarried on a whimÂ
But you'll never find them
The ones who brought you to this world
Have gone away for good
A second chance to make it better
House in the country, dock by the lake
Firewood stacked by the shed out back
A fortress built to burn
CHORUS
Three kids out there running around
The oldest too young to see for himself:
Run all your life and still you'll find
The past is close behind
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