Lyrics to "Minutes To Memories" from John Mellencamp

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    On a Greyhound thirty miles beyond Jamestown
    He saw the sun set on the Tennessee line
    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 near Gary
    My father before me, I helped build this land
    Now seventy-seven and with God as my witness
    I earned every dollar that passed through my hands

    My family and friends are the best things I've known
    Through the eye of the needle I'll carry them home

    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 sun up tomorrow I guess I'll be home

    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
    And I don't take stock in those uncertain things

    Days turn to minutes and minutes to memories
    Life sweeps away the dreams we have planned
    You are young and you are the future
    Suck it up and tough it out, be the best you can

    The old man had a vision, it was hard for me to follow
    I do things my way, pay an awfully 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's no free rides and no one said it'd be easy
    The old man told me this my son I'm telling it to you

    Days turn to minutes and minutes to memories
    Life sweep away the dreams we have planned
    You are young and you are the future
    Suck it up and tough it out, be the best you can

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