All These Years Lyrics

He stepped down from a south bound train

A little older but he hadn't changed

He stood and stared like a little boy lost

And picked up his bags and walked across

I got your letter just yesterday

How bad is dad is ma ok

He spent too many years in that damn mill

And it ground him down and broke his will

I saw the tears swell in his eyes

It was only then that I realized

You wandered, you squandered

All these years

You wandered, you squandered

Yeah how many, how many

You wandered, you squandered

All these years

You wandered, you squandered

Yeah how many, yeah how many years

We walked through town and down the hill

And we stopped outside the bar and grill

He said

I could do with a drink, how about you

And I knew just how he felt, I was nervous too

But old friends gathered and they slapped his back

They said just how good it was too see him back

And how many years had he been away

Had he come home, was here to stay

And he stepped from the shadows like prodigal son

Lifted his head and heard him say

You wandered, you squandered

All these years

You wandered, you squandered

Yeah how many, how many

You wandered, you squandered

Too many years

You wandered, you squandered

Yeah how many, how many

But you cast your pennies

To a wishing well

And all you know

Is time will tell

And then one day

When the music goes

No longer young

And you know it shows

How many times I needed too

How many times I wanted too

You wandered, you squandered

Yeah All these years

You wandered, you squandered

Yeah how many, yeah how many

You wandered, you squandered

All these years

You wandered, you squandered

Yeah how many, how many

You wandered, you squandered

And you cast your pennies

You wandered, you squandered

All, all , all these years

You wandered, you squandered

I've been away too long

You wandered, you squandered

How many, how many

I've been away too long