Blackbirds on the wires Form a simple song for me It's always in my key All too soon, it's ended To be lost inside the trees Far out of reach Trying so hard to hold on To things we love and need All we have will change Or fade into shades of gray, oh Forever have this day, oh-oh-oh-oh No one has to tell me That the time we have will end Nothing stays the same Hold on to the moment With the photographs we send Letters that we read Soon we will remember A place we never left All we have will change Or fade into shades of gray, oh-oh-oh We always have this day, oh-oh-oh ♪ Trying so hard to hold on To things we loved and needed All we have will change, oh-oh Or fade into shades of gray We always have this day All we have will change Fade into shades of gray We always have this day