By

the

time

I

was

your

age

I'd

give

a-

ny-

thing

to

fall

in

love

tru-

ly

was

all

I

could

think

that's

when

I

met

your

mo-

ther

the

girl

of

my

dreams

the

most

beaut-

i-

ful

wo-

man

that

I'd

ev-

er

seen

She

said

Boy

can

I

tell

you

a

won-

der-

ful

thing?

I

can't

help

but

no-

tice

you

star-

ing

at

me,

I

know

I

should-

n't

say

this,

but

I

rea-

lly

be-

lieve

that

I

can

tell

by

your

eyes

that

you're

in

love

with

me

Now

son

I'm

on-

ly

tell-

ing

you

this

be-

cause

life

can

do

te-

rri-

ble

thi-

ings

Now

most

of

the

time

we'd

have

too

much

to

drink

and

we'd

laugh

at

the

stars

and

we'd

share

ev-

ery-

thing

Too

young

to

no-

tice

and

too

dumb

to

care

love

was

a

sto-

ry

that

could-

n't

com-

pare

I

said

Girl

can

I

tell

you

a

won-

der-

ful

thing?

I

made

you

a

pre-

sent

with

pa-

per

and

string

op-

en

with

care

now

I'm

ask-

ing

you

please

you

know

that

I

love

you

will

you

ma-

rry

me?

Now

son

I'm

on-

ly

te-

lling

you

this

be-

cause

life

can

do

terr-

ib-

le

things

you'll

learn

one

day

and

I

hope

and

I

pray

that

God

shows

you

diff-

e-

rent-

ly

She

said

Boy

can

I

tell

you

a

terr-

ib-

le

thing?

It

seems

that

I'm

sick

and

I've

on-

ly

got

weeks

Please

don't

be

sad

now

I

rea-

lly

be-

lieve

you

were

the

great-

est

thing

that

ev-

er

happ-

ened

to

me

Slow

so

slow

I

fell

to

the

ground

on

my

knees

So

don't

fall

in

love

there's

just

too

much

to

lose

if

you're

giv-

en

the

choice

then

I'm

begg-

ing

you

choo-

oose

to

walk

a-

way

walk

a-

way

don't

let

her

get

you

I

can't

bare

to

see

the

same

happ-

en

to

you

Now

son

I'm

on-

ly

tell-

ing

you

this

be-

cause

life

can

do

terr-

ib-

le

thi-

ings