The Gift

I still know your old landline

Called to say you’re on my mind

It’s a long-distance call to the phone hung on the wall

Inside the house that doesn’t change at all

Usual questions overdue

It’s not where your mind’s running to

You say all your favorite days are forever flown away

It’s hard to hear you say that

Time isn’t always what you thought

But you’re gonna leave this place

With it written on your face

It’s the only thing that we’ve got

And the only thing worth spending in the end

It’s the present, that’s the gift

You say you miss that Cadillac

With me and brother in the back

Didn’t know that driving ‘round

We’d be writing memories down

You say to hold ‘em closer now ‘cause

Time isn’t always what you thought

But you’re gonna leave this place

With it written on your face

It’s the only thing that we’ve got

And the only thing worth spending in the end

It’s the present, that’s the gift

Time isn’t always what you thought

But you’re gonna leave this place

With it written on your face

It’s the only thing that we’ve got

And the only thing worth spending in the end

It’s the present

And the only thing worth spending in the end

It’s the present, that’s the gift