It wasn't that long ago
   that I would lift you up and hold you
   It seems like a thousand years
   that I have watched you on your own
   I was never that far away,
   I know that you felt that it was over
   No reason to be afraid,
   I always had my eye on you
   You know I wanted to help you start over
   but not this way
   You know I wanted to help you believe me
   but not this way
   You want to be on your own,
   but you still need me here to listen
   And in the last fifty years
   you haven't had a lot to say
   I know that the air you breathe
   is weighted down with information
   How do you sleep at night
   you're just hearing what you want to hear
   You know I wanted to help you start over
   but not this way
   You know I wanted to help you believe me
   but not this way
   You know I wanted to help you
   But not this way