You took me to your favourite place on Earth
To see the tree they cut down ten years from your birth.
Our fingers traced in circles round its history,
We brushed our hands right back in time through centuries.
As you held me down, you said:
I'll see you in the future when we're older
And we are full of stories to be told
Cross my heart and hope to die
I'll see you with your laughter lines
Changes on our hands and on our faces oh oh
Memories are mapped out by the lines we'll trace
As you held me down you said:
I'll see you in the future when we're older
And we are full of stories to be told
Cross my heart and hope to die
I'll see you with your laughter lines
Ashen faces in cold breeze
ashen faces in cold breeze
all the stories you will leave
all the stories you will leave
I'll see you in the future when we're older
And we are full of stories to be told
Cross my heart and hope to die
I'll see you with your laughter lines
I'll see you in the future when we're old
I'll see you in the future when we're old