Turnin' My Collar to the Wind

When did it start?
Or should I say when did it end?
And I wonder how long we were gonna pretend
And now we're apart and we've got wounds we must mend
We both lost a partner
We both lost a friend

But to go on and on hand in hand down a path
Of a future that's paved in the past
That was another place, place and time
And we both realize we're too young for the lines
That we told each other year after year
That read like a nursery rhyme

I know we'll get by
We'll do what me must to survive
I'll find a smalltown girl
You'll find an artist inside

It's nobody's fault
We just looked through the world with different eyes
You need your independence
I need someone in my life

But to go on and on hand in hand down a path
Of a future that's paved in the past
That was another place, place and time
And we both realize we're too old for the lines
That we told each other year after year
That read like a nursery rhyme

Although I know I'll never stop loving you
I also know it's time to go
And there'll be nights when I am missing you
And there'll be nights I hurt inside
And way down deep I wanna cry
But I'll stop myself before I begin
Cause I know that I must be strong
Can't get lost in what went wrong
Gotta turn my collar to the wind

~ Jeffrey Gaines
"Nursery Rhyme"