Measuring up the world

This land in black and white
On a summer's day.
Looking through a paper window-
A thirty year delay.

This land in black and white
On a day to remember.
Looking through a paper window-
Away from this December.

Measuring up the world,
Weighing up the time,
Looking for a rhythm,
Waiting for a rhyme.
Looking back it seems so true,
I'm measuring up the world for you.

And all those sunny days
When we were truly free,
Will stay with me forever
So I will always see.

Your face in the water
Underneath the sun,
Looking out at me with love,
With everything said and done.

Measuring up the world,
Weighing up the days,
Looking at the distance,
Seeing all the ways.
Looking back it seems so true,
I'm measuring up the world for you.

No matter how it gets,
When life can seem so bleak,
The memory makes me strong again,
When I am feeling weak.

Measuring up the world,
Stating all the facts,
Dusting off the cobwebs,
To see how it reacts.
Looking back it seems so true,
I'm measuring up the world for you.

I'll take your hand
And we'll go back.
And then these things
Won't seem so black
And looking now it seems so true,
I'm measuring up the world with you.