Years

[Verse 1]
I went home for Christmas to the house that I grew up in
Going back was something after all these years
I drove down Monterey Street
I felt a little sadness when I turned left on Laurel and the house appeared

[Pre-Chorus]
And I snuck up to that rocking chair
Where the winter sunlight slanted on the screened-in porch
And I stared out past the shade tree
That my laughing daddy planted on the day that I was born

[Chorus]
And I let time go by so slow
And I made every moment last
And I thought about years
How they take so long and they go so fast

[Verse 2]
Across the street, the Randalls' oldest daughter must've come home
Her two boys built a snowman by the backyard swings
I thought of Old Man Randall and his Christmas decorations
And how he used to leave 'em up 'til early spring

[Pre-Chorus]
And I thought of all the summers that I paced that porch
And swore I'd die of boredom there
And I thought of what I'd give to feel another summer linger
Where a day feels like a year

[Chorus]
And I let time go by so slow
And I made every moment last
And I thought about years
How they take so long and they go so fast

[Outro]
Then the door flew open and my mother's voice was laughing
As she called back to my daddy, "Come and look who's here"
And I thought about years