when i was a boy all the books i read i followed like a blind man to heed the words my father said those golden summers faded into night words become a dream the echoes of my childhood and where the path is winding may god bless you keep you safe from harm i stand by you always time and motion hands touch lips find a way to heaven on high watch the children play the child becomes a man and all the tangled webs we weave you swear it as you live and breathe we stay together death until you part winner takes the prize the future s at your fingertips right before your eyes no more sorrows no more nights with no end i see my tomorrows and nothing from nothing and ashes to ashes they say all the more that you reach out the more that it runs away no more goodbyes no lies you find your way there heaven on high may god bless you keep you from all harm i stand my you always time and motion hands touch lips find a way to heaven on high no more sorrows no more nights with no end i rise or i fall no more goodbyes no lies you find a way there heaven on high