LITTLE HANDS

This is not the land I loved once These are not the ones I knew Hugs and smiles used to greet us Singing hymns and laughing, too I said I Mmmm Yeah I said I Oooh, oooh At the park they're throwing breadcrumbs And kids were playing in the street Different gods but still believing We had reasons to believe They had the slip 'n slide out on the front lawn A Sunday nap or maybe two Tell a person Merry Christmas And they say it back to you Now I'm Just thinking about life I said I'm thinking about you Oh, my darling boy What are we gonna do Those were the nights where you held hands while you Walked through Hollywood Smiling across the genre stacks Thinkin' this one she sure looks good Lazy summer days and winter school days that Just don't ever seem to end Had to play with your dumb brother cuz You couldn't text a friend Didn't use to live together And our anthem made us smile Local stores might close till Monday Wedding nights still took a while I said I'm thinking about life I said I'm thinking about you Oh, your little hands and smile Oh, what we gonna do Ah, your mama and me, son, we just love you Tried to fight it on my own Tried to fight it with a crowd Had some noble moments But I finally got beat down Time is like a tidal swell that floods you My boy, in the past How come all the good times go, yeah But bad ones seem to last I see the people on the freeway searching like its All on their phone Face all leanin' 'n a window just thinking Oh, God, am I all alone Wish all war and death and famine In this world wasn't All just clicks away Wish you didn't have to look back in 30 years like your mom and dad do today I said I I'm thinking about life I said I I'm thinking about you Oh, my darling boy, what we gonna do Oh, your mama and me, son, we just love you Just love you Little hands, little toes, little hearts, and little minds And all the words and all the dreams and all the ways that we've tried And all the hugs and long nights and all the memories we're fryin' And all the wisdom of the ages Ah, we're lettin' 'em die And all the choices, all the voices, all the beauty that they need And the mountains and beaches, it's our family And the desert sky and the fields and streams And the lessons of life and of you and of me I, I'm just thinking about life I said I'm thinking about you Oh, my darling boy, what we gonna do Oh, my darling Bryce boy, I love you Thinking about life And I love you I'm thinking about you Oh, my Bryc-ee boy now What we gonna do I still love you Still love you Still love you