Love child accident, born to children themselvesShe nearly died on the table, giving birth to her first back in 63That was my sister IreneMoved into the trailer park in Ithaca, New YorkTook another job while he was going to school, another mouth to feedWell, that wasn't meOh, round and round and round we goThe seasons melt away like snowRound and round and round we goThe years, they pass awayAnd life goes onOh, and life goes onAnd life goes onCouldn't stop trying too damned hardMade everything to everybody, but he couldn't hold up his heartAnd I broke him downSo we left the townAnd he moved again to the cold blue north little townOn the seaInnocent dreams of hope that they'd grow to beA little better thanWhat he hadOh, round and round and round we goThe seasons melt away like snowRound and round and round we goThe years, they pass awayAnd life goes on and on we goAnd life goes onOh, and life goes onFather Eagle Scout, Mentor BoyThe silence takes away my hairWith that bear in your bonesMy frozen feelingsMy swallowed tearsAlways coming down the hardestOn the ones that you love bestAll my lifeI've looked to your eyesNow looking back on the younger meTrying so hardThe fragile bird and the golden girlSeeking loveHer father's childWalking in his strideAnd I'm looking nowAt the old girlThe older man you've turned out to beThe hardness has softened to empathyAnd we've made amendsWe're better friendsOh round and round and round we goThe seasons melt away like snowRound and round and round we goThe years they pass awayAnd life goes onOh and life goes onOh and life goes onOh and life goes onOh and life goes on