Dawn's early light
Fades the lines around my eyes
Last night in dreams
I wandered back to summer skies
My child's sleeping face
Holds tomorrow's sweet embrace
My flowing hair now shows
The touch of winds and snows
Coffee tastes so bitter
Yet warms these hands of mine
I watch the traffic flow outside
A reminder of time's swift flight
Who says years only leave scars
When I see the hope in my child's eyes
Those times I fell and stumbled
Taught me how to rise with might
(La la la la la la la la)
Sweat never betrays the distant dream
(The city lights glow in the dark)
Lighting up the path ahead of me
Once upon a time
Youth's dreams seemed lost in haze
Now I clothe them in
False and fabricated rays
Coffee tastes so bitter
Yet warms these hands of mine
I watch the traffic flow outside
A reminder of time's swift flight
Who says years only leave scars
When I see the hope in my child's eyes
Those times I fell and stumbled
Taught me how to rise with might
(La la la la la la la la)
What once was barren now blooms with grace
(Though wrinkles mark life's weary race)
They hold the deepest strength in place
Who says years only leave scars
When I see the hope in my child's eyes
Those times I fell and stumbled
Taught me how to rise with might
(La la la la la la la la)
Sweat never betrays the distant dream
(The city lights glow in the dark)
Lighting up the path ahead of me
La la la la la
We hold the strength within
La la la la
The strength to wake again
Strength
Strength