verse 1
While you’re away,
I’ll keep the home fires burning for you.
I wish you could stay
but, I know there is nothing that I can do.
Except wait for the day
your travels bring you back through.

chorus
You are a part of me.
that won’t ever change.
My own flesh and blood
who carries my name.

verse 2
I’ve done my best
to teach you to be strong.
I understand you have to learn
from mistakes of your own.
I’ll be there with you
each moment of every day.
Sharing your pain and all
of the joy that you find on your way.

repeat chorus x2

Clifford Scott Knizley
March 20, 1998

Copyright, Clifford S. Knizley, 1998