The Oak Ridge Boys Album: Monongahela Track: Beyond Those Years
Beyond Those Years Lyrics
Full moons and empty promises We were only high school kids We got so close that we closed our eyes to the facts of life We were married in the spring, not long before the baby came Your mama said she couldn't bare the shame Your dad refused to give the bride away Beyond those years Who'd have thought we'd still be standin' here And love would find it's way Through all the tears Beyond those years Eighteen standin' in the shoes of a man The weight of the world in my unskilled hands
One by one as the dreams fell through I took my failures out on you But you held on when it made no sense And cleaned the face of the innocent You were so strong to be so young And now look how far we've come So many times we wanted to act our age Against the odds we grew up fast And on our own we made it last Beyond those years Who'd have thought we'd still be standin' here And love would find it's way Through all the tears Beyond those years
