Stepping Aside

I need to let you know
it's time to let them go.

The world has been theirs by design.
For decades true we followed through
crossing streets holding their hands.
From the very start we walked the line.
Like birds from a nest... pass the test.

Our end is more like a new beginning.
It's a time for us to let them go.
We did our best show after show.
Now it's up to them to do the rest.

To them, we're no longer number one.
This is not so bad... so don't be sad.
Gave them all we had... wasn't it fun.
For them, their lives have just begun.
They'll be crossing streets holding hands,
walking on beaches, playing in the sand.

It's a time for us to let them go.
We did our best show after show.
Now it's up to them to do the rest.
Birds from a nest... passed the test.

It's just that time to step aside.
They'll have their own and on their own.
So we're never really waving goodbye.
For you and I... we still own the sky.