Art Garfunkel - The Things We've Handed Down |
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The Things We've Handed Down
Art Garfunkel Don't know much about you We've been doin' fine without Don't know who you are But we could only go so far Were you watching from above Don't know why you chose us Is there someone there that knows us Said we'd give you all our love. Will you laugh just like your mother Will some things skip a generation Will you sigh like your old man Like I've heard they often can. Are you a poet or a dancer A devil or a clown Or a strange new combination of The things we've handed down. Will your hair fall down and curl I wonder who you'll look like Will you be a Mama's boy Will you be a sad reminder Or Daddy's little girl Of what's been lost along the way Maybe you can help me find her In the things you do and say And these things that we have given you Oh, but you can thank us later for They are not so easily found The things we've handed down The things we've handed down down,down,down,down,down You may not always be so grateful For the way that you were made That you'd gladly sell or trade Maybe some feature of your father's And one day you may look at us And say that you were cursed But over time that line has been Extremely well rehearsed. By our fathers and their fathers In some old and distant town From places no one here remebers come The things we've handed down, down The things we've handed down The things we've handed down |
