Mother, tell me

I long to hear the stories

Just like long ago

All these memories

Start to fade before me

I cannot let them go

No, I can't let them go

From the cradle to the grave

It's a fear I can't escape

Who will be my hiding place

When you're gone

Father, stay here

Don't leave me like the other

Know, I need you so

All you gave me

Father, how you loved me

Treated like your own

Don't ever let me go

From the cradle to the grave

It's a fear I can't escape

Who will be my hiding place

When you're gone

There's no way to deny

The brevity of life

As time keeps marching on

All we have is lost

As time keeps marching on

All we have is lost

Nothing lasts forever

Nothing stays the same

From the cradle to the grave

It's a fear I can't escape

Who will be my hiding place

When you're gone

From the cradle to the grave

It's a fear I can't escape

Who will be my hiding place

When you're gone

How am I to carry on

How am I to carry on

As time keeps marching on

How am I to carry on

All we have is lost

Nothing lasts forever

Nothing ever stays the same