I found you in the summer heat of 1953 Wise words from your father said I know that boy's your brothers friend But I don't think he keeps comin' round for him Again and again and again I had to swim away Semper Fi, but I'll be back someday I'll take you by the hand and say Be mine, be mine, be mine And if someday You grow tired and your memory fades, it's alright I will never leave your side And oh, when it's time, you can come find me In 1953 Leave New York and see the countryside Little city and a bigger life Watch it grow into a thousand eyes It's ours, it's ours, it's ours Oh, it's ours, it's ours, it's ours And if someday You grow tired and your memory fades, it's alright I will never leave your side And oh, when it's time, you can come find me In 1953 (And he was my brother's friend) (Years later, my father said: You know what? I think he's comin' to see you) It's written in the gold ring (That could be true) (It is true!) Passed down the light Hangin' in the branches (We landed on the right path, I really feel) You see it in their eyes Pressed in the concrete (It was a good life, we're all very happy) Where we used to reside It's larger than life And if someday You grow tired and your memory fades, it's okay And when my heart gives away, it's alright I will never leave your side And oh, when it's time Just come find me In 1953