Story Behind The Song

Hoping that your children know you were trying the best you knew how at the time and still probably failing. There ain't no instruction book, right?

Song Description

Looking back at the things that might have been and could have been better, had the things been handled differently in the past. Reflecting on what should have been better. Realizing where it is now.

Lyrics

Yesterday (Hindsight)
Lyrics: Tim Sharp 2018
Music: Kathy Gordon
Production/Performance: Bryan Harkness

Verse 1

Not so long ago, you were bouncing on my knee
You told me one day you would marry someone just like me
I remember chasing boogie men from your room most every night
Lots of kisses and bedtime stories make the days end right

Pre chorus
I was your dad, you were my girl, I was your hero, you were my whole world

Chorus
And now I drift into the night, I slip away from all the scars
Where I can hold you close instead of love you from afar
Then all my words come easier, 'cause I know just what to say
It's the perfectness of hindsight.... In the world of yesterday

Verse 2
I always hoped one day that I would walk you down the aisle,
Give you to a gentle man who had learned to make you smile
That ship set sail one afternoon when you turned and walked away
While I still cling to those fading dreams from the world of yesterday

Pre chorus

Chorus

Bridge
I never dreamed that a day would come, your love would fade just like a setting sun

Alternate Chorus

When I go to sleep at night, Oh I wonder how you are
I hope your world is right, and you found your shining star
I pray someday that you could see how my love would never fade
And the two of us could finally be past the world of yesterday

Tag
It's the perfectness of hindsight.....................