Hearing your voice as I fell asleep
Sweetly singing melodies
As the tape wanes you said goodbye
Reminding that you loved me
In my child mind, I heard goodbye
And thought I'd never see you again
That simple thought, without you near
Made me cry a while
Oh, how now changes with while
And who you were melds with what you're now
Father time is the devil's mark
We are not just who we are for now
Watching you toil along the years
Still finding time for family
Made me proud and happy still
Knowing that you loved me
But a turn of words of such meager things
Unmasked another side of you
And hearing your voice in that trying tone
Didn't make me think you loved me
To see how seasons take away from you
Makes me pray for us greener kin
Oh, how now changes with while
And who you were melds with what you're now
Father time is the devil's mark
We are not just who we are for now
Now thinking back without you here
Seeking ways to sing of you
I've found this tune, and gentile words
Hoping they will suffice
Oh, how now changes with while
And who you were melds with what you're now
Father time is the devil's mark
We are not just who we are for now
But that simple thought without you near
Made me cry a while