A Lifetime Ago

We used to swing a swing And the Merry’d go round But only in my dreams Can such things now be found Turn back the clock And let it be so … That was another realm A long lifetime ago One less plate is set At the dinner’s table now He’ll never be back And I still wonder how Turn back the clock And we’ll have one more go But that’s another realm A long lifetime ago Christmas mantel stockings Should be just one more Where it was a-hangin’ there Many years before Turn back the clock Want again to hug him so But that’s another realm A long lifetime ago The war that took his life Was motivated greed No matter how we pray No matter how we plead Turn back the clock And we won’t let him go But that’s another realm A long lifetime ago