My mother looked at me and cried She said it felt like yesterday You were just a babe laid in your father's hands And I won't stand here in your way You were born to chase the wind Just don't forget to write me now and then And with tears still in her eyes She let go of my hand And bid farewell until we meet again And bid farewell until we meet again So wrap her dreams around my heart Her hands a guiding star Her eyes light up the dark We're not so far apart We're not so far apart And oh, what saddens me the most That when I'm grey and old She won't be there to look back on it all with me So I'll hold my child close And with my final breath I'll bid farewell until we meet again I'll bid farewell until we meet again So wrap her dreams around my heart Her hands a guiding star Her eyes light up the dark We're not so far apart We're not so far apart So wrap her dreams around my heart Her hands a guiding star Her eyes light up the dark We're not so far apart We're not so far apart