My Sweetest Prize

its something i had never feared
that i would have to watch you disappear
and it makes me sick,
to think of all we've missed and the life we shared
we dont remember it cuz years have
passed and memories did fade from our
weakened grasp as the time just drips away in the hourglass
only pictures remain of the world that we once knew
i asked the closest man to you

"pop would you take it back? if you knew what you know now
would you start fresh if you could take it back some how"
he said

i wouldnt change a thing if i could,
id still marry the same old girl and
we would take on the world
she keeps me waking everyday the
thought that ican see her face one more time
and as i watch her fade away i know
my love will never stray from her heart

i watch my mother as she copes with the
pain she shouts "oh lord i need you help
please lend a hand to me in these hard
times don't let me let myself give up"
cuz years have passed and memories did fade from our weakened grasp
as the time just drips away in the
hourglass only pictures remain of the woman
we once knew

i would not change anything even if i even if I could
cuz she was always good to me to us my family please trust
that I will never stray away from her side
with every day that comes to pass you bet
ill try to make her laugh my sweetest prize

and I say, pop I'd take the pain away and save you from you heartache
you know I would, only if I could only if I could
but now she's gone gone gone away the
woman that we love found a better place
and there she will wait. To see your face and to hear you say

i wouldnt change a thing if i could
id still marry the same old girl and we would take on the world
she keeps me waking everyday the
thought that i will see her face one more time
and as she watches everyday I know shes keepin me from harms way
until the day I see her face shes hears me say
I would change a thing if I could