Title: Mark on the Wall
Verse 1
Just a boy, only nine years old
Four foot tall, reaching, bold
Dad went fishing, said, “Back soon”
Innocent days in the heat of June
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Chorus
Lost days, just drifting by
Under the wide and open sky
A time so free, no need to try
Nothing feared, no reason why
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Verse 2
Sat and watched while the brook would sing
Sunlight danced on everything
Soft winds whispered through the trees
The world was safe, the heart at ease
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Chorus
Lost days, just drifting by
Under the wide and open sky
A time so free, no need to try
Nothing feared, no reason why
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Verse 3
Can I go back? Can I find the way?
To those timeless hours, those golden days
Before the world turned, before the fall
When life was small, yet it had it all
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Chorus
Lost days, just drifting by
Under the wide and open sky
A time so free, no need to try
Nothing feared, no reason why
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Verse 4
Now a man, sixty-eight years tall
Shrinking back to the mark on the wall
Still I see that boy so small
And I hear the brook, I hear it call
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Final Chorus (soft)
Lost days, just drifting by
Under the wide and open sky
A time so free, no need to try
Nothing feared… no reason why
Lyrics Michael Forty
Voice Michael Forty