I Knew This Place

I knew this place, I knew it well
 Every sound and every smell
 And every time I walked I fell
 For the first two years or so
 And there across the grassy yard
 I a young boy runnin' hard
 Brown and bruised and battle scarred
 And lost in sweet illusion
 From my window I can see
 The fingers of an ancient tree
 Reaching out it calls to me
 To climb its surly branches
 But all my climbing days are gone
 And these tired legs I'm standin' on
 Would scarcely dare to leave the spot
 Upon which they are standin'
 And I remember every word
 From every voice I ever heard
 And every frog and every bird
 Yes, this is where it starts
 A brother's laugh, the sighing wind
 This is where my life begins
 This is where I learned to use
 My hands and hear my heart
 This house is old, it carries on
 Like lyrics to an old time song
 Always changed but never gone
 This house can stand the seasons
 And our lives pass on from door to door
 Dust accross the wooden floor
 Feather rain and thunder roar
 We need not know the reason
 And all these thoughts come back to me
 Like ships across a friendly sea
 Like breezes blowing endlessly
 Like rivers running deep
 The day is done, the lights are low
 The wheels of life are turning slow
 And as these visions turn and go
 I lay me down to sleep
 And I knew this place, I knew it well
 Every sound and every smell
 And every time I walked I fell
 For the first two years or so
 The day is done, the lights are low
 The wheels of life are turning slow
 And as these visions turn and go
 I lay me down to sleep