THE YEARS HE NEVER SAW Brown tie Silver hair Quiet eyes Still watching there Numbers written In your hand You made the difficult Easy to understand The years you never saw The years I couldn’t show you I carried them alone Still wanting you to know The years you never saw The years I couldn’t show you I carried them alone Still wanting you to know A paper signed A door unlocked Good news arrived And no one to call I heard your voice Inside my own When every answer Had to come alone The years you never saw The years I couldn’t show you I carried them alone Still wanting you to know The years you never saw The years I couldn’t show you I carried them alone Still wanting you to know I found your patience Much too late Your measured silence Your steady way The older I became The more I understood You never spoke of being strong You simply were The years you never saw Still brought me back beside you I carried your name on In everything I’d do The years you never saw Could never take you from me I became more like you When you were not there to see Brown tie Quiet eyes I became the man I wanted you to recognize

Oğlunun ne olduğunu görmeden vefat eden bir babaya sessiz bir saygı duruşu. Şarkı, paylaşılamayan başarıları, zor kararları ve önemli haberleri yansıtıyor—kederle değil, onun tüm bunları görebilmiş olması dileğiyle.