Lyrics

Time Stand Still
SITTING IN THIS ROCKING CHAIR
IT'S QUIET ALL AROUND
I WONDER WHAT YOU'RE DOING
AND I HEAR THE FAINTEST SOUND
I CLOSE MY EYES AND SAIL ALONG THE MEMORIES IN MY MIND
YEARS OF ROCKING IN THIS CHAIR HAVE MADE HER CREAK AND WHINE.

DR SEUSS AND MOTHER GOOSE
THEY SPOKE SO LONG AGO
THEIR PAGES THIN LIKE AGING SKIN
WITH EVERY YEAR YOU GROW.

GOODNIGHT MOON AND GOLDILOCKS
AND FAIRY TALES YOU WILL
NEVER STOP THIS TICKING CLOCK
AND MAKE THE TIME STAND STILL.

STANDING IN THE KITCHEN HAVING DINNER ON THE RUN
I'M WISHING YOU WERE SITTING HERE
I HATE TO COOK FOR ONE

BUT BASEBALL GAMES AND PRACTICE AFTER SCHOOL PULLS YOU AWAY
NO TIME TO CRY OR WONDER WHY
YOU HAVEN'T CALLED TODAY

SPAGHETTIOS AND GERBER JARS
ARE STAPLES OF THE PAST
THEIR USE BY DATE NOT QUITE AS LATE AS DAYS WITHOUT YOU LAST

BEDTIME PRAYERS AND COUNTY FAIRS AND CURLY HAIRS, THEY WILL
NEVER STOP THIS TICKING CLOCK
AND MAKE THE TIME STAND STILL.

STARING OUT THE WINDOW AS YOU'RE HEADING OUT THE DOOR
YOU'RE ALL GROWN UP, A MAN WHERE ONCE A CHILD HAD STOOD BEFORE

I THINK BACK TO ANOTHER TIME WHEN I WAS IN THOSE SHOES
AND SAGE ADVICE MY MOMMA GAVE
THAT I THOUGHT YOU COULD USE

AT TIMES, WHEN YOU'RE LOST OR SCARED AND DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO
DON'T GIVE UP HOPE AND DON'T DESPAIR, I'M ALWAYS HERE FOR YOU

YOUR SKINNED UP KNEES YOUR BROKEN HEARTS, THE TEARS YOUR EYES HAVE SPILLED, WILL NEVER STOP THIS TICKING CLOCK AND MAKE THE TIME STAND STILL

NO GOODNIGHT MOON AND GOLDILOCKS AND FAIRY TALES YOU WILL NEVER STOP THIS TICKING CLOCK AND MAKE THE TIME STAND STILL.

BY JJ PASSALACQUA