Colours Fade

Someone asked me yesterday, tell me 'bout your dad
The love, a happy memory, deep down and dusty that you have oh
I took some time to say something, and I had all the words
But he and I ran out of time, I was seen and never heard

I leave home before the sun, and I come home in the dark
I'd fill my day with other things, oh I thought he had no love
But I'm older now and I know, he was always watching me
I just wish my old father time would take us sailing on the sea

And I would give anything to be back there with him
No holding back, oh imagine the day
I'd be seen, I'd be heard
I'd be there for all its worth
Oh how the tables they have turned
And colours fade

Can I sit with you a while, my old fashioned gentleman
Are you here? Are you with me?
Or are you in days long gone?

I would give anything to be back there with him
No holding back, oh imagine the day
And I'd be seen, I'd be heard
I'd be there for all its worth
Oh how the tables they have turned
And colours fade

My wife says I'm a lot like you, we hold on with two bare hands
You grab the helm, I'll grab the wheel
And I'll see you at the end