Can you stay my children with me Lost in the past these memories I see Everyone I used to know I've seen them all taken they each had to go You're all I have now I am old The world outside so bitter cold so bitter cold Running in fields in summers distant haze I look back to childhood's long peaceful days Times in youth where I can never return I remember so clearly yet at a distance I yearn If only to step back for a time To feel but one of the things that I thought would always be mine always be mine I remember grandmother's face As she recalled her younger days She knew deep down as she spoke them to me Alone in these memories no-one could see Or feel with her the things she felt The past seemed so cold my children I feared growing old I feared growing old Can you stay my children with me Lost in the past these memories I see Everyone I used to know I've seen them all taken they each had to go they had to die Each time you leave I wish you could stay Yesterday's gone but I still have today If tomorrow I leave here and you see me no more Remember I loved you as you close one more door Each time you leave I wish you could stay Yesterday's gone but I still have today If tomorrow I leave here and you see me no more Remember I loved you as you close one more door Yesterday's gone You're all I have now I am old The world outside so bitter cold