Story Behind The Song

I had the melody for a while and knew this had to be a story song but I couldn't finish it. My father came along and wrote it.

Song Description

This is a song about how life keeps rolling on and someday I'll be in my fathers footsteps and some child will be where I was.

Lyrics

STONE AFTER STONE
Music by Kelly Pettit 2006
Lyrics by Kelly Pettit & Brian Pettit

Come take a load off now old Man, too quickly the hours have past
Let us sit by the bank with our hearts on our sleeves
I?ve something to tell you at last
Know matter how far the journey, no matter the highs and the lows
Know matter how restless, now matter how calm, a river relentlessly flows

CHRORUS
Everyone?s lives like a river, a river we each call our own
A past left behind, a future to find, rolling on stone after stone

Happy my days of childhood, little heart swollen with song
Snug in my bed with a story you read
Wide awake with the wisdom you spread
Pity it didn?t last long
Crawled in your shadows, danced on your toes
Let go your hand I could walk
Weekends and parties, sports after school
First car, first crush, first time a young fool
Last time we had a long talk

CHORUS
Everyone?s lives like a river, a river we each call our own
A past left behind, a future to find, rolling on stone after stone

I?ve wandered the world for some time now
Rumbled, tumbled and tossed
Looking to share, what my life had to bare
Many times lonely and lost
But old man like you I?m complete now
Got a life with a wife and a home
So the river can bend or go straight to its end
For I?ve got me a son of my own

CHORUS
Everyone?s lives like a river, a river we each call our own
A past left behind, a future to find, rolling on stone after stone
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