Story Behind The Song
longing for the past
| Song Length |
3:23 |
Genre |
Folk - Americana, Folk - Bluegrass |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Troubled |
Subject |
Sorrow |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
A child of the 1960's
Growing up with Captain Kangaroo
Track homes and veterans with their families
California sunshine was all we knew
Lost in the years
Lost in the years
I fight with the hands of time
I'm lost in the tears
Lost in my fears
Lost in the years gone by
Our Ford Ranchero was our chariot
Two-tone blue and white with fold down seats
To the mountains to the beaches it would carry us
And to the drive-in movies down the street
Lost in the years
Lost in the years
I fight with the hands of time
I'm lost in the tears
Lost in my fears
Lost in the years gone by
Assassinations civil rights and Vietnam
The Mick retires and Shepard took his ride
Living color pizza man and protest songs
Backyard shelters in case the Russians lied
Our parents would save us from life's sorrows
I prayed they'd live forever and a day
But dad went first and mom was soon to follow
A puff of smoke our innocence decayed
Lost in the years
Lost in the years
I fight with the hands of time
I'm lost in the tears
Lost in my fears
Lost in the years gone by