Mother, tell me
I long to hear the stories
Just like long ago
All these memories
Start to fade before me
I cannot let them go
No, I can't let them go

From the cradle to the grave
It's a fear I can't escape
Who will be my hiding place when you're gone, oh
Oh, oh

Father, stay here
Don't leave me like the other
Know I need you so
All you gave me
Father, how you love me
Treated like your own
Don't ever let me go

From the cradle to the grave
It's a fear I can't escape
Who will be my hiding place when you're gone

There's no way to deny the brevity of life

As time keeps marching on, all we have is lost

As time keeps marching on, all we have is lost
Nothing lasts forever, nothing stays the same

From the cradle to the grave
It's a fear I can't escape
Who will be my hiding place when you're gone

From the cradle to the grave
It's a fear I can't escape
Who will be my hiding place when you're gone

How am I to carry on
How am I to carry on
(As time keeps marching on)
How am I to carry on?
(All we have is lost)
Nothing lasts forever, nothing ever stays the same