I was young back then – I was strong and I thought I knew it all
With the arrogance of youth - I would fly around and not return your call
You were so damn popular – everyone remembered your name
Whether young or whether old there were people who would love you just the same

Twenty seven years have up flown away
I guess it's time I found my voice and had my say

I didn't know it then but I guess I must have loved you
It seemed to me that you were always right on my case
But now that you're gone I gotta say I really miss you
And it really hurts that I just can't remember your face

I had time to rebel but no time to try to reconcile
With the past in its place I've had time and space to contemplate your style
Well rebellion is fine - in the mind of the young and naïve
But sometimes we get lost and all that's left are the things that you believe

Sometimes I wish you could have been a friend
And known a little of my love before you reached the end

I didn't know it then but I guess I must have loved you
It seemed to me that you were always right on my case
But now that you're gone I gotta say I really miss you
And it really hurts that I just can't remember your face

And so death follows birth but in-between it may not always go as planned
Well I guess it's too late for some fathers and some sons to understand
You were music to me and I wish I could have played for you somehow
Well you knew me back then - but I really wish you could have known me now

You played your jazz to me but it fell onto deaf ears
Now I'd give anything to roll away the years

I didn't know it then but I guess I must have loved you
It seemed to me that you were always right on my case
But now that you're gone I gotta say I really miss you
And it really hurts that I just can't remember your face

©GrahamShankarjiMusic 2003