This Is The Way

for my brother...

As I recall, when we were young

And life the refrain of a song, unsung,

We’d walk in the glare of the winter white

And dream sweet dreams,

         sweet dreams at night.

 

And many’s the time that I’ve seen you fall

And hurt so much that you hurt us all;

Ah, those were the days that were lost and won,

When we were young,

         when we were young.

 

But now, with families of our own

It’s hard to believe how the years have flown

For still we struggle from day to day

But half a world

         And a world away.

 

And still we stagger, and still we fall,

And still the hurt will hurt us all

For these are the days that are lost and won

And this is the way

The song is sung…

 

David Lewis Paget