Song Description
Mid-Tempo soft ballad reminiscing about childhood, parenting and the circle of life
| Song Length |
4:40 |
Genre |
Pop - Easy Listening, Folk - Contemporary |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Poignant, Quiet |
Subject |
Sorrow |
| Similar Artists |
Eric Clapton, Paul Simon |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1990 - 1999 |
| |
Lyrics
I can see them like a faded picture postcard
There's a child building castles in the sand
A woman who is waving from the front porch
She gives him time to build one more before she calls again
She gave him time, she gave him life
This memory was her last goodbye
Chorus
You can't go home again, it won't be right
You know she won't be waiting for you, turning on the light
You can't go home again, lesson I've learned
'Cause you're the one who's waiting now
For someone to return
As I search to give you something to believe in
There's a lesson that my father taught to me
"We're all just threads within this web of life we're weaving
Between the circles and the lines (circles and the lines)
You can see the history." And when you smile I can see
My father's eyes looking back at me
Chorus
And when you smile I can see my father's eyes
The circle is complete
Chorus (2x)