All these times behind us they go on by so fast

We like this fine old house around us

Look at how it lasts, just like us it lasts

So I hold on to you 'cause I get so frightened that I just can't get things right

And you slowly slip your hand from mine 'cause you're forcing me to try


Some days are long

They make the nights seem ages away

And I work so I'll be strong

Not to hold you down but to let you go


From time to time those letters arrive and I say 'go if you want to go'

And the phone might ring for me late at night and you say

'He can call if he wants to call; it's ok to call who you want to call'


I don't want to weigh you down baby

I don't want us sinking like stones

I don't want to be kicking myself when you're gone


Some days are long

And old age is ages away

So I'll work while I'm still young

Not to hold you down but to let you go