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 Where would be my hiding place When you're gone? Oh ♪ Oh, uh-uh Father, stay here Don't leave me like the other No, I need you so All you gave me Father, how you loved 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 Where would 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 Where would be my hiding place When you're gone? From the cradle to the grave It's a fear I can't escape Where would 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