I got no time for you

When you were seventeen
I was nothing but a thought
Because you were then in '53
There's nothing yet of me

When you were taking your first steps
My grandfather took his test
To get into the second grade
A million miles away

So I got no time for you

I saw the pictures of the day
When you grew up and moved away
Your mother, she looked proud of you
It's all that she could do

I saw the photos when you cried
I saw the photos when you died
I saw the start, I saw it all
I know you better than yourself

But if I was alive when you were alive
Things would be better

So I got not time for you