Lyrics

Nine years ago in the yard of our old house
Nancy and you dug a hole in the dirt
You ate avocados and buried a pit
Nobody knew what might become of it

Now I'm alone at the table we made
From an old woman's kitchen walls what would she say
While just out the window twenty feet tall
Is your old avocado tree high above of all

Oh my my my
Just what is a lifetime?
What is a lifetime?
My my my
Just what is a lifetime?
What is a lifetime?

It ain't fully grown and it sways in the sun
It's come very far but it's still very young
I can't quite believe I existed before it
Now I can't imagine a way to ignore it

And I hope it still thrives even after I'm gone
But who am I kidding it's so healthy and strong
Right there out the window twenty feet tall
The old avocado tree high above of all

Oh my my my
Just what is a lifetime?
What is a lifetime?
My my my
Just what is a lifetime?
What is a lifetime?

Nine years from now who knows where we'll end up
I might still be here and you might be in college

So many choices will take place before then
Will they change the world or did they always happen?

Once there was nothing, then there was you
And you buried that pit just for something to do

Oh my my my
Just what is a lifetime?
What is a lifetime?
My my my
Just what is a lifetime?
What is a lifetime?