(Shel Silverstein)
I can't touch the clouds for you
I never reached the sun for you
I can't do the things that you need done for you
I've stretched as high as I can reach
I guess I'm not the one for you
I can't touch the clouds or reach the sun for you
I can't turn back time for you
And make you sweet sixteen again
I can't turn your faded leaves to green again
I can't sit around and talk
About what might have been again
I can't turn back time and make you young again
I hope you'll find somebody who can do the things I didn't do
Find the roads I didn't find and build a brighter world for you
I hope you'll find somebody bold enough to reach and take a hold
Change your ever-changing mind and free your ever-rising soul
'Cause I can't - I can't
I can't look inside your head
See the things you're groping for
I can't help you chase the dreams you're hoping for
You say your arms are open wide
God knows who they're open for
I can't look inside and see your mind
So say good bye and don't look back
I've had some happy days with you
Sorry I can't be the one who stays with you
If they ask about me
You could say I was the one with you
Who never touched the clouds or reached the sun for you
(as sung by Iain MacKintosh)