作词 : Peter Milton Walsh
作曲 : Peter Milton Walsh
Things You’ll Keep
Sat outside the darkened house, reading one of your old letters
I’d carried it from town to town
Sometimes hoped for you things got better
It says “We got a place by the river now,
the rooms are full of light—it’s still our town
If there’s such a thing as a second chance I want it now”
That’s what it says

Things you’ll keep
Some things you were never meant to lose
The things you keep
Some things the world cannot refuse

Thought there was a way out,
so you took it on your hands and knees
What if your best days are done?  How would you plead?
And now that day to day is a hurting thing
You’re tired of all beauty
Said goodbye to your baby face
then just about everything

Things you’ll keep
Some things you were never meant to lose
The things you keep
Some things the world cannot refuse

Everybody was skinny then
Nobody said you wouldn’t win
Said goodbye to your baby face
then just about everything

Things you’ll keep
Some things you were never meant to lose
The things you keep
Some things the world cannot refuse

How do you plead?