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Already Walking So Tall

from The Barren Fig (2019) by Bob Leslie

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My “empty nest” song. It sure got quiet when the
kids grew up!

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Already Walking So Tall

An empty house that's full of souvenirs
Every scuff and scrape records the passing of the years
But nothing can replay childhood's yesterday
That bird had to fly once it saw the sky

Wishing I could hear once more again
Those pure unfettered cries of joy or pain
The changes day by day, the laughter as they'd play
For all my smiles of pride, there's something lost inside

And what I see, a part of me just can't believe at all
Seemed such a distant day, when they'd just walk away
But they're already walking so tall …
They're already walking so tall

And now the hours that once just flew away
Creep in their petty pace from day to day
What I did before, I don't remember anymore
Guess I'll just have to learn, now that I've time to burn

So each will make a way that is their own
I will sing my songs again and follow where those go
Our paths will cross at times, but nevermore entwined
Quite as they used to be, now that they're flying free

An empty house that's full of souvenirs
Every scuff and scrape records the passing of the years
But nothing can replay childhood's yesterday
That bird had to fly, just like you and I
First time we saw the sky
Once we saw the sky
Yes, we saw the sky

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from The Barren Fig (2019), released February 20, 2019

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