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The first time that I heard that song was a time I well rememberIt all goes back some 20 years to Mr. Ryan's classroomOne day he brought his old guitar and sang his favorite songs for usAnd the single one that I remember most was "All My Trials"Something in his simple singing touched my very 6th-grade soulThe harmonies he taught us are the ones that I still know todayThe verse about the Tree of Life was wondrous to a 12-year oldAnd many times these twenty years I've wished that I could sayThank you for the music, Mr. RyanThe simple gift you gave that day is one I've treasured dearlyI'll always see you sitting up there singing "All My Trials"You'll never know how much it's meant to meYou'll never know how much it's meant to meWent home to see my folks in June, the town that I grew up inThree of us were sitting in the kitchen having coffeeI mentioned Mr. Ryan, how I'd wondered what became of himWhen Mother said she'd heard that he's still working at my schoolI grabbed my coat and ran outside, retracing old familiar routesThe shortcut through the playground and the echo of that hallwayAnd there he was in room eleven, wiping off the blackboardI took a breath and cleared my throat and stepped back into timeLetras de cancionesWe sat and talked for quite a while, I don't think that he remembered meBut I told him of my work and where I've been and what I've doneAnd finally he leaned back and said "It's amazing that you've come todayJust last night my mother and I were talking until one."She asked me was I happy, I said, "Yes, I love my teachingBut I'm sad I never married, that I never fathered children.""Oh yes," she said, "Oh yes, my son, you've fathered several hundred."And now I look across my cluttered desk, and here you've comeThank you for the visit, my dear childThe simple gift you gave today is one I'll treasure dearlyI'll always see you sitting up here filling in these 20 yearsYou'll never know how much it's meant to meYou'll never know how much it's meant to me From Letras Mania