Generations ( A Song For My Parents)
Acoustic, singer/songwriter, rock and roll, pop.
Story behind the song
Becoming a parent and then a grandparent really brings generational changes and consistencies into focus. Each generation brings the potential for upheaval yet some things never change.
My son, Adam, takes the vocal on this one.
Lyrics
Song For My Parents
Copyright Don Sechelski
Verse 1
When I look in the mirror I see your face
when I open my mouth I hear your voice
and I know
The love that you gave is inside me still
Living and growing as it always will
and I know
Chorus 1
When I laughed, you would laugh
and when I cried, you would cry.
When I fell down, you would pick me up
and hold me, hold me in your arms.
Verse 2
The future is hugging my neck real tight
with an "I love you, daddy" and a kiss goodnight
and I know
That she's more than a promise, more than a prayer
Immortality is in the love that we share
and I know
Chorus 2
When she laughs, I will laugh
and when she cries, I will cry
When she falls down, I will pick her up
and hold her, hold her in my arms.
Verse 3
Now it won't be long, this child will be grown
Facing the world she'll have a life of her own
and I know
If she still has the love that I got from you
Then she'll pass it along to her own children too
and I know
Chorus 3
That when they laugh, we all will laugh
and when they cry, we all will cry
When they fall down, she will pick them up
and hold them, hold them in her arms.
