Years Ago I Knew A Man

He Was My Mother's Biggest Fan

We Used To Walk Beside The Sea

And He'd Tell How My Life Would Be

When I Grew Up To Be A Man

Years Ago We Used To Play

He Used To Laugh When I Ran Away

But When I Fell And Hurt My Knee

He Used To Come And Comfort Me

And The Pain Would Go Away



Years Ago I Knew A Boy

He Was His Daddy's Pride And Joy

But When The Daddy Went Away

It Was Such A Rainy Day

That He Brought Out All His Toys

Now The Momma Did Explain

Trying To Take Away The Pain

He Just Couldn't Understand

That His Father Was Not A Man

And It All Was Just A Game



Years Have Passed And So Have I

Making It Hard To Cry

And If And When I Have A Son

Let It All Be Said And Done

Let All That Sadness Pass Him By