Fade Away

My Grandfather was a wise old-bird Used to leave me hanging on every word As amazing a man as there could ever be Used to play music with the leaf off a tree These days as the sun puts and gets me out of bed I think of a saying he instilled inside my head “Early to bed and early to rise Makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise” He didn’t write it but know this is true He lived those lines his whole life through He was tough as leather and strong as steal An iron man with an iron will As I look back at what I turned out to be I think these days he would be proud of me I loved him more than words could say As the memories of him start to fade away