There's a small patch of grass   On the edge of this town   Where we'd sit   And share our fears      Where our youthful existence   Was perfectly framed   By an elderly man's   Brown picket fence      And my eyes were locked on to your   eyes   While your eyes were lost in the sky   But your hand kept close to   mine   Most of the time      And every time that you cried   I'd say, "It's alright"   Every time that you cried   I'd say, "It's alright"   Cause I'm by your side   It's alright   I'm by your side      There was a hole in my heart   'Bout the size of a dime   But you filled it   'Cause you're here      Now our loving embraces   Are carefully kept   In a frame on a wall   By you mother's favorite mirror      And in it your eyes are locked on to my eyes   And my eyes are lost in yours   And our fingers are intertwined   For all of time      Now every time that I cry   You say, "It's alright"   Every time that I cry   You say, "It's alright"   'Cause you're by my side   It's alright   You're by my side