Years Lyrics - Beth Nielsen Chapman

I went home for Christmas to the house that I grew up in 

Going back was something after all these years 

I drove down Monterey street and felt a little sadness 

When I turned left on Laurel and the house appeared 

And I snuck up to that rocking chair 

Where the winter sunlight slanted on the screened-in porch 

And I stared out past the shade tree 

That my laughing daddy planted on the day that I was born 

And I let time go by so slow 

And I made every moment last 

And I thought about years 

How they take so long 

And they go so fast 

Across the street the Randol's oldest daughter must have come home 

Her two boys built a snowman by the backyard swings 

I thought of old man Randol and his Christmas decorations 

And how he used to leave them up 'til early spring 

And I thought of all the summers 

That I paced that porch and swore I'd die of boredom there 

And I thought of what I'd give to feel another summer linger 

Where a day feels like a year 

And I let time go by so slow 

And I made every moment last 

And I thought about years 

How they take so long 

And they go so fast 

Then the door flew open, and my mother's voice was laughing 

As she called back to my daddy, "Come and look who's here" 

And I thought about years