Beth Nielsen Chapman - Years lyrics

I went home for christmas To the house that i grew up in Going back was something after all these years I drove down monterey street And i felt a little sadness When i turned left laurel and the house appeared And i snuck up to that rocking chair Where the winter sunlight slanted on the screened-in porch And i stared out past the shade tree That my daddy planted on the day that i was born Chorus And i let time go by so slow And i made every moment last And i thought about years How they take so long And they go so fast Across the street the randol's oldest daughter must have come home Her two boys built a snowman by the backyard swings I thought of old man randol And his christmas decorations And how he used to leave them up till early spring And i thought of all the summers That i paced that porch and swore i'd die of boredom there And i thought of what i'd give to feel another summer linger Where a day feels like a year Chorus Then the door flew open, and my mother's voice was laughing As she called back to my daddy, "come and look who's here" And i thought about years