Outstretched Arms

Backstory

About my children and real events. Dedicated to every loving parent.

Lyrics

When you were born lit the room up like Edison
Wrote you a poem it was nothing like Tennyson 
Child, yesterdays
Tell me where have they gone?

You climbed up on tables always laughing and yelling
Took a pen to the sofa with a curious spelling
My Child, yesterdays
Tell me where have they gone?

Time's not absolute
It goes faster for me than you
And the days keep on slipping through
My outstretched arms

I read you bedtime stories but I fell asleep 
You snuck out and licked all the frosting off the cake
My Child, yesterdays
Tell me where did they go?
Love is absolute
It gives everything for you
And the years keep on slipping through
My outstretched arms

One day you'll be grown, I'll be weathered and worn 
You'll still shine like the day, like the day you were born, 
You'll say “dad, yesterdays -
Tell me where did they go?”

Remember that summer eve 
When you stumbled and skinned your knees?
You turned and you reached for me
For my outstretched arms

All of those memories
Float away on that summer breeze
When you stumble remember me
With my outstretched arms

Credits

Written by: McKane Davis
Guitars and Vocals: McKane Davis
Piano: Steve Varney
Drums: Max Barcelow
Bass: John Paul Grigsby
Glockenspiel: Rob Gardner
Backup Vocals: Cosette Smith
Original Artwork: Mack Davis (Age 6)