[Chords]
G D Am C Em
[intro]
G
G
We've walked the long road and you've worn it well.
C
You stitched yourself up when you fell.
Am
Keep your memories in jars,
D
Carry secrets in scars
G
Beneath your shell.
G
G
You've seen some good days, and some bad ones too.
C
You weave through fashion and trend.
Am D
You've seen a sun rise on an ocean blue,
G
You've seen it set for the dearest of friends
G D Am D
You found faith but you, chose to doubt it.
G Em
You found love but you, left without it.
Am
C D
And now you don't want, to talk about it.
G
G
You travelled down through foreign lands,
Touched mountain tops and golden sand,
C
Seen pyramids and temples made of stone.
Am
Keep seashells in a cashmere scarf,
D
A treasured book of photographs
G
In every single one you stand alone.
G
G
You've seen Vienna and the Berlin wall,
As you watched the decades fall
C
The letters that you wrote never made it home.
Am
Your birthdays flew past like June,
D
With Christmas days in hotel rooms
G
And new year’s eve with people you don't know.
C D Am D
You built friendships but they, sailed without you.
G Em
You never meant it and that's why, they doubt you.
Am
C D
They don't ever talk about you.
G
Am
You're older than you used to be,
D
The mirror weaves a tapestry
G Bm Em
Of lines that dance and shimmer 'round your eyes.
Am D
You stare back at a man, forever holding out his hand
Bm G Em
As if the answer's gonna to fall out of the sky.
Am
But the penny never dropped,
Bm C D G
And no man has ever stopped time flying by.
