Words

Grand Canyon

Surprise, Arizona at night
Visiting hours got no meaning in the last remaining light
I tried so hard not to see
How I’m just like him and he’s just like me
And a universe goes away
Nothing can keep it here and nothing can make it stay

Did you ever get to see the Grand Canyon?
Did you ever get close enough to put them on the run
Did you ever get to see the Grand Canyon?
Is anyone out there betting on this father and this son?

That radio saved your soul
5 watts on a dare – is there anybody out there?
Tommys dressing like a girl
Both parents down the hall in their moneyed little world
6 decades later all alone
TV screen glowing in a dark and empty home

CHORUS

And the years that you stopped drinking
We could of all been close to you
We didn’t know it wasn’t us, what this world had put you through

Did you ever get to see the Grand Canyon?
Can you ever forgive your father, can you ever forgive your son?
Did you ever get to see the Grand Canyon?
We got to know each other and then everything was done
Did you ever get to see the Grand Canyon?
There’s a whole in my heart and a debt that weighs a ton
Did you ever get to see the Grand Canyon?
Is anyone out there betting on this father and this son

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