♪ ♪ ♪ It's been almost 20 years since I last saw this place Everything seems smaller now, it hasn't aged with grace I spent my tenth summer building a treehouse in that clay And I burned my fingers reaching for the sun Learned my place was in the shade ♪ Well I was just a child but still there's things that I regret You keep on haunting me so how can I forget As they were older when they heard you I stood by And wished that I was stronger than I was But I couldn't even cry Oh fade, fade, sweet memories they fade away Oh fade, fade, sweet memories they fade away And now I'm writing you a song Cause I don't know no other way ♪ How can it feel like it was yesterday I ran across these frozen fields, it was the shortest way Every little footprint that my smaller size shoes made ♪ Etched in my eyes, my body and my soul Was the path down to the bay Oh fade, fade, sweet memories they fade away Oh fade, fade, sweet memories they fade away ♪ Oh you're the one who said stay with my soul Way back when we would run without a goal And everything around me fades away I'm writing you this love song I'm writing you this song my old friend I'm writing you this song I've been waiting for this day Oh fade, fade, sweet memories they fade away Oh fade, fade, sweet memories they fade away I'm writing you a song I'm writing you this song my old friend I'm writing you a song I've been waiting for this day Oh yeah ♪ ♪ ♪