Lullaby

You never really seemed that far away
I could always hear you say goodnight
In my old bedroom
But now the poster is off the wall
And it's just you and them big halls
And all that headroom
Alone in your own nest
Reaching out for rest
So I'm singing you this lullaby
And I know that you are beautiful
But the years have not been good to you
The years have not been good to you

I forget your birthday every year
Still I know you're getting older
I am not younger now than you were then
When I first laid my head upon your shoulder
But now the worst in you gets the best of you with ease
And it grows harder every holiday
We are not the way we used to be
But the years have not been good to me
No the years have not been good to me

I forget every call to say I love you
Well I love you like no other
But your children are not children anymore
They need a little more friend
And a little less mother
You could just transmogrify
While I'm singing you this lullaby
I know you will be beautiful
And the years my yet be good to you
The years my yet be good to you
Oh the years my yet be good to you