André Messier IV - Places We Lived Lyrics

The house in Hampton, the one they grew up in,
It looks so different now
The yard remains the same,
They haven't changed the window panes
But the people are in pain
Papa's memory has faded, Nana's heart has grown jaded
My mother has taken the blow
It must have been so very long ago
The last I saw a smile on a face
You're all grown up when you have
To take care of the people that took care of you
We all grow older, my mother I told her,
One day I'll take care of you, and I'll grow up too
The cottage in Connecticut, so small we barely fit in it
But it feels so much more like home
The chipped red paint reminds us to lose
Those restraints of the world we used to break away from
The smell of Dad's cigars without the sound of rush hour cars
Kept me grounded to the earth
But as the fog rolled in, anxiety wrinkled their skin
And new perspective broke me in
You're all grown up when you have
To take care of the people that took care of you
We all grow older, my mother I told her,
One day I'll take care of you, and I'll grow up too