Song Description

Life is sad in a nursing home and one tends to think back towards the happiness of childhood.

Lyrics

I have a memory when I was younger
Sitting on my grandpa?s knee
I asked him what was it like to be older
And did he want to climb a tree?

He laughed just like a child
And said he?d climbed enough trees in his day
His eyes were bright and wild
He didn?t care his hair was gray

Chorus
Now I?m a stranger locked in a foreign home
As the hours disappear
And my sand runs low in the hourglass dome
And there?s no comfort here

One day I found my nest was empty
When my meadowlark flew away
All I had was a house and some pictures
So I left all, no one would let me stay

I thought I?d take care of a garden
Like my grandad in his final days
But I?m held in a silent prison
With faces wearing a slackjaw gaze (chorus)

They say I live in a safe place
And I?m right at home in this space
But in all my years
I?ve never seen such a trail of tears