Nine-hour bus ride to see a friend of mine
I'd neglected him as the year had found me obsessed with my own life
I wasn't there for his wedding or the birth of his first child
And these mistakes I'd long regret as I never make them right
And It's been seven years swallowed lord how the time has passed me by
I've written this song some three times, though it never saw daylight
So I will sing this for your daughter, for myself and for your wife
'Cause those you've loved and loved you, hold you still on sleepless nights
Though you've gone into the dark, lord knows we will soon follow
Life is short and shorter still with all these cold and rainy days
We have few years left I'm told before we're all resting in the soil
So I'll carry you with me through sun or snow
And all my guilt lay undercovers
it was like sleeping on nails and glass
your passing made such tremors
it felt as if the earth shook from the loss of the man
Though I relive our tours and drunken nights with a shiver and a smile
My blood runs cold with the ringing phone and Christine on the line
Though you've gone into the dark, lord knows we will soon follow
Life is short and shorter still with all these cold and rainy days
We have few years left I'm told before we're all resting in the soil
So I'll carry you with me through sun or snow
So I'll carry you with me through sun or snow
So I'll carry you with me through sun or snow
So I'll carry you with me through sun or snow
I'd neglected him as the year had found me obsessed with my own life
I wasn't there for his wedding or the birth of his first child
And these mistakes I'd long regret as I never make them right
And It's been seven years swallowed lord how the time has passed me by
I've written this song some three times, though it never saw daylight
So I will sing this for your daughter, for myself and for your wife
'Cause those you've loved and loved you, hold you still on sleepless nights
Though you've gone into the dark, lord knows we will soon follow
Life is short and shorter still with all these cold and rainy days
We have few years left I'm told before we're all resting in the soil
So I'll carry you with me through sun or snow
And all my guilt lay undercovers
it was like sleeping on nails and glass
your passing made such tremors
it felt as if the earth shook from the loss of the man
Though I relive our tours and drunken nights with a shiver and a smile
My blood runs cold with the ringing phone and Christine on the line
Though you've gone into the dark, lord knows we will soon follow
Life is short and shorter still with all these cold and rainy days
We have few years left I'm told before we're all resting in the soil
So I'll carry you with me through sun or snow
So I'll carry you with me through sun or snow
So I'll carry you with me through sun or snow
So I'll carry you with me through sun or snow