footprints in the snow lyrics

Seems like only yesterday
But it started long ago
Trials, tribulations
And notes in the autumn nights

We didn't know way back then
What brothers we really were
Letting the time pass quickly
And watching it go

Chorus:
But we stood together
We made each other strong
We tried to comfort ourselves when the nights were long
We held back the tears
When they needed to flow
But where we once stood lie only footprints in the snow

Even when it was hard
To find a smiling face
And when others would leave us
Without a trace

We never thought about tomorrow
Or what she might bring
We never stopped to realize
That we might not always sing

Chorus

Seems like only yesterday
God, where'd the time go
Where we once laughed lie only tears in the snow