Song Description

Old man looking at life through a young mans eyes

Lyrics

Young Man?s Eyes copyright 2005

As I was walking home one day
I couldn?t help but notice

The tattered and age worn exteriors
On the old houses On the street that I call home

I thought how time could deface beauty
but within that aged exterior

lies the beauty and the elegance
that time could not wear away

As I reached my steps there was an old man sitting there
I noticed the far away look on his aged and wrinkled face

I said ?Sir why are you sitting here alone, can I help??
he turned to me as a tear fell from his eye and said

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I see the world through a young man?s eyes
This tattered looks not what I feel inside
Life passes by so quickly it seems
Leaves us alone in the wake of our dreams
I see the world through a young man?s eyes
And my reflection shows the end of my life
Memories of love fad not with time
Yes, I still see the world through a young man?s
young man?s eyes

What the old man said touched my heart
And I thought would I ever, could I ever, come to be like he
But as most memories fade
so faded the memories of the old man words

I finally went about my every day business
Taking just enough to satisfy my needs
but not giving so much that one would come to expect it of me
And then one day as I sat on my step

with faraway thoughts in my mind
A young man came up to me, he said, Sir
what are you doing here alone, can I help
I looked up as a tear fell from my eye and said
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