Where Did the Time Go

Where did the time go Won't you tell me a joke Write down your recipes That never turn out right for me I remember the farm house The lawnmower rides Our own newspaper stories Cut out and glued With Magic Marker headlines Walks in the woods Point out where the horses are buried Walk through the halls To see you both through the years And the day you were married Where did the time go The days at the pond The fish at our feet You hand me an apple too big for my palm Jot down your best one-liners And I'll pass them along To make people smile how you do I'll get better at stretching the truth I could spend hours and hours Just picking up sticks And listening to stories Or just to the wind I couldn't believe it when They said you weren't doing well Until you couldn't walk across the room And you reached out for help Where did the time go And where have I been It seems that just yesterday You were teaching me how to swim Holding my head above water Helping me figure things out Waiting at railroad crossings You play your cassette tape of train sounds Where did the time go