Marc Cohn - The Things We've Handed Down Lyrics
Dont know much about youDont know who you areWeve been doing fine without youBut, we could only go so farDont know why you chose usWere you watching from aboveIs there someone there that knows usSaid wed give you all our loveWill you laugh just like your motherWill you sigh like your old manWill some things skip a generationLike Ive heard they often canAre you a poet or a dancerA devil or a clownOr a strange new combination ofThe things weve handed downI wonder who youll look likeWill your hair fall down and curlWill you be a mamas boyOr daddys little girlWill you be a sad reminderOf whats been lost along the wayMaybe you can help me find herIn the things you do and sayAnd these things that we have given youThey are not so easily foundBut you can thank us laterFor the things weve handed downYou may not always be so gratefulFor the way that you were madeSome feature of your fathersThat youd gladly sell or tradeAnd one day you may look at usAnd say that you were cursedBut over time that line has beenExtremely well rehearsedBy our fathers, and their fathersIn some old and distant townFrom places no one here remembersCome the things weve handed down
