Time Goes Away

He took me to the hillside
He liked to take me there
He took me every Saturday
He put flowers in my hair

And we laughed like my mother said she once did
With my father on his birthday when they went swimming
And he, he took her hand into his
And he told her that he loved her
And his words held meaning

How do we make these moments last
And how do we get them to stay
When everything passes and time goes away

He took me to the theater
He liked to take me there
He took me every Saturday
We ate dinner talking there

And we laughed like my mother said she once did
With her sister on her birthday when she was seventeen
They took her car out for a spin
Along the ocean with the top down
And life held meaning

How do we make these moments last
And how do we get them to stay
When everything passes and time goes away

How do we make these moments last
And how do we get them to stay
When everything passes and time goes away