Painted Legacy - Ward Thomas

You can’t go yet

There’s so much left unsaid I need to say

You don’t know it

But you made me who I am today

Do you remember when you had to learn to braid our hair?

It was a mess but you made the best of what was there

You can’t go yet

I wanna tell you how the girls have been

And they don’t know yet

I need to call them, how do I begin?

What would I do to try to make them understand?

I wonder if you’d pretend you’d flown to Neverland

The way your painted legacy

Brings alive my memories

Of how you spun pure gold out of the dust

I can’t bear to see you go

Somewhere far where I can’t follow

Oh, but I’ll hold them how you held us

Close and safe and unafraid of love

And that’s enough

I still see you

Smiling back at me, your blue eyes clear

And I will see you

In my memory and in the mirror

Your easy laughter lighting up across my face

Your heart and mine are tied and that will never change

The way your painted legacy

Brings alive my memories

Of how you spun pure gold out of the dust

I can’t bear to see you go

Somewhere far where I can’t follow

Oh, but I’ll hold them how you held us

Close and safe and unafraid of love

And that’s enough

As the softest sunset colors fade into a graying sky

I will always want just one more day to list the reasons why

You will always be mine

You will always be mine

And that’s enough