Minutes to memories lyrics

Artist  : John mellencamp 
Song : Minutes to memories
 
On a greyhound thirty miles beyond jamestown
He saw the sun set on the tennessee line
He looked at the young man who was riding beside
him
He said I’m old kind of worn out inside
I worked my whole life in the steel mills of
gary
And my father before me I helped build this land
Now I’m seventy-seven and with God as my witness
I earned every dollar that passed through my
hands
My family and friends are the best thing I’ve
known
Through the eye of the needle I’ll carry them
home

Chorus:
Days turn to minutes
And minutes to memories
Life sweeps away the dreams
That we have planned
You are young and you are the future
So suck it up and tough it out
And be the best you can

The rain hit the old dog in the twilight’s last
gleaming
He said son it sounds like rattling old bones
This highway is long but I know some that are
longer
By sunup tomorrow I guess I’ll be home
Through the hills of kentucky ’cross the ohio
river
The old man kept talking ’bout his life and his
times
He fell asleep with his head against the window
He said an honest man’s pillow is his peace of
mind
This world offers riches and riches will grow
wings
I don’t take stock in those uncertain things

Chorus:
Days turn to minutes
And minutes to memories
Life sweeps away the dreams
That we have planned
You are young and you are the future
So suck it up and tough it out
And be the best you can

The old man had a vision but it was hard for me
to follow
I do things my way and I pay a high price
When I think back on the old man and the bus
ride
Now that I’m older I can see he was right

Another hot one out on highway eleven
This is my life it’s what I’ve chosen to do
There are no free rides no one said it’d be easy
The old man told me this my son I’m telling it to
you

Chorus:
Days turn to minutes
And minutes to memories
Life sweeps away the dreams
That we have planned
You are young and you are the future
So suck it up and tough it out
And be the best you can