mother tell me i long to hear the stories just like long ago all these memories start to fade before me i cannot let them go no i can t let them go from the cradle to the grave it s a fear i can t escape who will be my hiding place when you re gone oh oh oh father stay here don t leave me like the other know i need you so all you gave me father how you love me treated like your own don t ever let me go from the cradle to the grave it s a fear i can t escape who will be my hiding place when you re gone there s no way to deny the brevity of life as time keeps marching on all we have is lost as time keeps marching on all we have is lost nothing lasts forever nothing stays the same  from the cradle to the grave it s a fear i can t escape who will be my hiding place when you re gone from the cradle to the grave it s a fear i can t escape who will be my hiding place when you re gone how am i to carry on how am i to carry on how am i to carry on nothing lasts forever nothing ever stays the same2