Since You Were a Child

One of your ways of walking
I told you it was wrong
I said "I have another way to help you get along"
You say you'll do it your way
And get along just fine
To say there was another way
Is stepping out of line

So one of these days we're talking
And I ask when you'll come home
You're living in a distant town
I'm feeling all alone
You tell me you don't know yet
But you're loving being free
I see you haven't even got
The slightest need for me

But if you want to see me, come and stay a while
You were the light of my life since you were a child

Yeah if you want to see me, come and stay a while
You were the light of my life since you were a child

So of all of the times that we share
One day mine will come
When all of this goes up in fire
And what is done is done
I know that I have loved you
I did all I could do
I'll still give you everything I have
Until I vanish through

And if you want to see me, come and stay a while
You were the light of my life since you were a child