China nineteen eighty five, a trip to foreign lands,
I was ten but even then they said I had your hands.
Standing at the Great Wall winded from the height,
Waving to the future you, I can see they were right. 
I can see see that they were right.

Semi-formal ninety three, within i had style.
Insecure and never sure exactly hot to smiles.
Here you squeeze my elbow, here within the frame, in frozen time, I see that I?m okay because our smiles are both the same.

Never knew my life was only half lived. 
Never knew my dreams were not my own.
Never knew that you were always watching, never knew I was never alone.

College graduation how proud would dad have been?
Standing there our shoulders bare with springtime on our skin.
Father?s two best women! Like sisters in the crowd!
Rejecting signs of laughter lines by laughing out loud. 
You made me laugh out loud.

Never knew my life was always half empty.
Never knew the vista from the view.
Knowing how I never had your eyes, how could I see what I never knew.

?Cause here?s the one I don?t recall.
The one I?ve never even seen before.
Taken by mistake, taken by somebody last fall, who was so afraid to hear you cry, squeeze your elbow, say goodbye.

Who wished she had said ?I love you? more than she did.
Who wished you could meet her daughter, ma, she?s such a special kid.
The daughter of the daughter of ht best I?ve ever known, has the same smile, she has our smile, she has our smile, she has our smile.

Never knew I?d live for just one other person. 
Never knew I?d give my life for hers.
Never knew for all these years, all my hopes, my fears would fall away to nothing when this helpless angel stirs.

I never knew the what, I never knew the why. 
I never knew the how till now.