All these times behind us they go on by so fast  We like this fine old house around us  Look at how it lasts, just like us it lasts  So I hold on to you 'cause I get so frightened that I just can't get things  Right  And you slowly slip your hand from mine 'cause you're forcing me to try    Some days are long  They make the nights seem ages away  And I work so I'll be strong  Not to hold you down but to let you go    From time to time those letters arrive and I say 'go if you want to go'  And the phone might ring for me late at night and you say  'He can call if he wants to call; it's ok to call who you want to call'    I don't want to weigh you down baby  I don't want us sinking like stones  I don't want to be kicking myself when you're gone    Some days are long  And old age is ages away  So I'll work while I'm still young