Beautiful boy
You're growing sick and shedding joy
But that's your choosing

Beautiful boy
Your youth is draining from your eyes
Your grip must loosen

When will realize
Life won't wait for me as you do

Twenty winters now
Only four I was around
Don't you remember?

The willow and white pine
Long before I called you mine
You held yourself so kind

I left you blinded by
The promise of the young
Weightless at the time

How it's come to grow
Heavy on your soul

Breath, grow my love
Leave before it kills you

(Downstream)
I've been so lost
I've been afraid

God knows I've tried
To push you downstream
Move like the water runs with the creek

It's been so long now
It's been so long

Since I've been me
Since I've been me
Since I've been me

Since I've been
Since I've been me
Since I've been me
Since I've been