Lost time

[Verse 1]
The sun sneaks through the pines, another dawn’s first light,
I rise before the world, while shadows hold the night.
I see you in that cottage, then blink—you’re in white lace,
A grandson’s laugh, a ring, then tears upon your face.

[Chorus]
Oh, darlin’, time’s a thief, steals years like whispers in the breeze,
I’d turn back every clock if I could live it all with ease.
Forgive me for the moments that slipped right through my hands,
Now we’re just strangers bound by blood, yet don’t understand…

[Verse 2]
Your world’s a distant town, mine’s a village small and shy,
We used to chase the butterflies beneath the open sky.
I built these walls, I guess, with “busy” and “not now,”
Now silence screams the truth—I failed you then somehow.

[Chorus]
Oh, darlin’, time’s a thief, steals years like whispers in the breeze,
I’d turn back every clock if I could live it all with ease.
Forgive me for the moments that slipped right through my hands,
Now we’re just strangers bound by blood, yet don’t understand…

[Bridge]
Photographs fade brown, but your first steps still run clear,
I’d trade a thousand sunrises for one “Daddy, I’m here.”
The road’s too long alone—let’s meet somewhere halfway,
Before the sun sets on my chance to say…

[Chorus]
Oh, darlin’, time’s a thief, steals years like whispers in the breeze,
I’d turn back every clock if I could live it all with ease!
Forgive me for the moments that slipped right through my hands,
We’re more than strangers bound by blood—let’s start understandin’…

[Outro]
The sun climbs high, the pines still sigh my prayer,
A father’s lost regrets hang heavy in the air…