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It Goes On

from My Backyard (EP) by The Melted Coins

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My grandfather worked as a painter
He earned the union wage
And he carried his work in an iron handshake
That never weakened with age

He married a good-hearted woman
And he loved her in his quiet way
They raised two kids on the South Side
In church where they sang and they prayed

His son grew into my father
From both of these men I have learned
That to be a good man, it helps to be good
And to be strong you need to show love

And that life - goes by
But that love - does not die
It goes on

My mother's father my grandpa
Served in the Second World War
Sometimes he would tell a story or two
But he rarely ever told more

Scars ran the course of his body
Like a tree's many rings showed his age
And his eyes showed his love for my sister and me
Speaking words he no longer could say

As I knelt by his bedside
And said my final goodbye
I saw a man who had loved and had lost
And I think that he finally knew why

That life - goes by
But that love - does not die
It goes on - and on - and on and on
It goes on

How many men know the reason
For the suffering and joys they face
For the loss and the love and hopes and the fears
Of life's bittersweet embrace

I'm not claiming to know
And I wonder how some people do
But I do have faith that there's good hands that hold
A I believe that it's true

That life - goes by
But that love - does not die
It goes on

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from My Backyard (EP), released October 24, 2021

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The Melted Coins Lafayette, Louisiana

The Melted Coins is folk rock(ish) music from Jason Peterson out of Lafayette, LA, via Chicago, Nashville, and a cup of coffee in a few stops along the way.

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