Lyrics

father?s watch

My father had a watch and he gave that watch to me
Said it been a long long time in our family
It was the watch that his father wore
They just don?t make ?em like that anymore

I took my fathers watch headed into town
Lookin for the places where I used to hand around
I was a boy learning song to sing
and I thought my father knew everything

My father?s watch is keeping up with time
Yes it is. Once it was his?

The hands on that watch are moving forward Jack
But I wonder what would happen if I could turn them back
To the time my father her said, ?Son,
Its such a shame that youth is wasted on the young?

They?re tearing down the buildings on my father?s side of town
Workmen in their plastic hats their faces sun burned brown
Their hammers pound for women and for beer
I wonder who will wear this watch in one hundred years