Ten Years Behind Me - Andrew Gold

Long lonely sound

Like a distant wolf or hound

With the slowing of the wind inside the canyon

Gazed upon the night

Without loneliness or fright

It was fine to have a woman by my side

And that was ten years behind me

Oh, behind me the child became a man

Ten years behind me

And it reminds me of what I don’t have now

Heat of the day

When those flies got in our way

With the burning of the leaves upon the hillside

But I was young

Short of breath, clean of lung

There’s a first time for almost everything that’s done

And that was ten years behind me

Oh, behind me the child became a man

Ten years behind me

And it reminds me of what I don’t have now

So far away

As the earth’s concerned today

So the winter’s spread the morning on the canyon

I gazed upon the sight

Without loneliness or fright

It was fine to have a woman by my side

And it was fine to have a woman by my side