Wishful thinking won't amount to living

As a selfless person, or the honest guy

Week day drinking, a workplace demeaning

Every good intention for a family life

Remembering jobs, years lost as a father

Never learned how to speak up or say stop right now

Yesterday yearning, memories blurring

He tries to recapture it on the line

Time is ticking, years are passing

Faster and faster right before his eyes

Remembering jobs, years lost as a father

Never learned how to speak up or have it stop

With his children gone he sings this song

So long to good times

Bring on the goodbyes