I grabbed my shovel and my hat / I spent the day in the sun / Planting trees out in the back, think of how big they’ll become / Seasons will come and seasons will go, the leaves will change their colours / Over time they’ll get big and strong, then hide the sun away / And they’ll grow, they’ll grow, they’ll grow, as I’m still here / They’re beautiful to me / Look at the man that I’ve become, I’ve got a beautiful wife / We spend our days out in the back, singing songs in the shade / I write her a line and she hums it back / They all sound just right to me / There’s more to come, there’s more to say, I’ve got different chords to play / And I strum my banjo as my wife, she taps her toes to the beat / Time goes by and it goes by fast when you’re with the ones that you love / We’ve got three boys, they’re grown men now. They’ve moved out of the house / I drew their height up onto the wall, they carved their names in the trees / All I’m left with is pictures now and those great memories / And they’ll grow, they’ll grow, they’ll grow, as I’m still here / They’re beautiful to me/ Old man, old man, won’t you take life by the hand and guide it your way / Old man, old man, won’t you live life while you can, it’s a beautiful thing / I’ve worked my time; my time is now. I have left work for good / I spend my time at home with my wife just enjoying her presence / We’ve tons of songs we love to sing; they all sound just right to me / Now every time that she sings a line she almost drives me to tears / And I strum my old banjo, as my wife she taps her toes to the beat / I wrote a new chapter in my book of life, just at the crack of dawn / This beautiful girl came into my life, she had eyes like no other / I held her gently in my arms; she slept tight as could be / I kissed her head handed her back, she was one of many granddaughters / And they’ll grow, they’ll grow, they’ll grow, as I’m still here / They’re beautiful to me.
credits
from Over Time,
released June 4, 2013
This track also features:
Luke Sellen - Drums
Brian Dunn - Guitar
Chantal Sylvestre - Vocals
David MacKinnon - Accordion/Hand percussion
Produced by Brian Dunn and Eric Clancy
Engineered by Brian Dunn and Luke Sellen
Recorded at Cosmic Dave's Sound Emporium in Sudbury, Ontario
Mixed by David Mackinnon at The Junkshop in Toronto, Canada
Mastered by Andy Magoffin at The House of Miracles in Cambridge, Ontario
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