Bob Dylan, If You See Her, Say Hello
I open my door to walk out into my life
frost on the ground
it feels the same as yesterday, and the day before
but somehow everything is different
I walk into a store
Christmas muzak plays
it's that time of year again
suddenly upon us
no one comments or even seems to notice
it just is
I should be more prepared for this
working in the 'industry' as I do
but I never am
Christmas at a personal level
is much different than Christmas in a store
life changes in very tangible ways
sometimes in a moment
sometimes over time
sometimes over and over
but it's never the same
no matter how much it may seem like same old same old
not so long ago
this little guy entered our lives
and changed everything
we became grandparents
the child we once held in our arms
had a child
and one night
two years ago
he was here
we watched him learn to crawl
and walk
and then he went away
he was a little six month old baby then
and now he's a little pre-schooler
soon he'll be playing sports
and playing the piano
or the bass!?!
graduating
'becoming a brain surgeon'
meeting a woman
and then
holding his own little ones in his arms
time
it keeps on coming
time
and...there it goes
today
our children's grandparents
went to their away place too...
I open my door to walk out into my life
frost on the ground
it feels the same as yesterday, and the day before
but somehow everything is different
I walk into a store
Christmas muzak plays
it's that time of year again
suddenly upon us
no one comments or even seems to notice
it just is
I should be more prepared for this
working in the 'industry' as I do
but I never am
Christmas at a personal level
is much different than Christmas in a store
life changes in very tangible ways
sometimes in a moment
sometimes over time
sometimes over and over
but it's never the same
no matter how much it may seem like same old same old
not so long ago
this little guy entered our lives
and changed everything
we became grandparents
the child we once held in our arms
had a child
and one night
two years ago
he was here
we watched him learn to crawl
and walk
and then he went away
he was a little six month old baby then
and now he's a little pre-schooler
soon he'll be playing sports
and playing the piano
or the bass!?!
graduating
'becoming a brain surgeon'
meeting a woman
and then
holding his own little ones in his arms
time
it keeps on coming
time
and...there it goes
today
our children's grandparents
went to their away place too...
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