"Photographs" lyrics

A box of memories in front of me
Holding your photograph and I can see
I look like you back in your younger years
Man, it's hard holding back the tears
How I wonder what your dreams were then
Did life turn out the way you planned?
It's such a shame that you are gone
To never see the father I've become

And all of these photographs
Memories of the past
Though time will pass, you never change
But in my mind you fade
I look at your photograph
Remember the way you laugh
It echoes through my heart and soul
It's hard to let you go
Tears on a photograph

These pictures show a different side of you
A man I realize I barely knew
Only from stories that Mother told
Of life so many years ago
A couple lessons that I can't unlearn
A raging fire that I can't unburn
Although I try to shine a different light
My children have their grandpa's eyes

And all of these photographs
Memories of the past
Though time will pass, you never change
But in my mind you fade
I look at your photograph
Remember the way you laugh
It echoes through my heart and soul
It's hard to let you go
Tears on a photograph

The years go by and I understand
That you were also just a man
I know you did your best back then
I do the best I can
The best I can

And all of these photographs
Memories of the past
Though time will pass, you never change
But in my mind you fade
I look at your photograph
Remember the way you laugh
It echoes through my heart and soul
It's hard to let you go
Tears on a photograph
Tears on a photograph