When I was a young man

So many long long years ago

I loved a woman

Who said, that she'd never let me go

She had soul, she had fire

But that was a long, long time ago.

She gave me kisses

I brought her flowers

She was my lover

We spent all our hours

Makin' love by a fire

But that was a long, long time ago

Now as the years, have come and gone

I sit here and cry you this sad, sad song

And I wonder, why I ever let her go

She was the only love i'd iver known

As I got older and my hair is gone

I think about her

It makes these old bones warm

She was my soul, she was my fire

But that was a long, long time ago

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Now I'm an old man

With my best years in the past

I have this memory

And it's the only one that lasts

Of her soul and her fire

But that was a long, long time ago

Now as the years, have come and gone

I sit here and cry you this sad, sad song

And I wonder, why I ever let her go

She was the only love I'd ever known

When I was a  young man

So many long long years ago

I loved a woman

Who said, that she'd never let me go

She had soul, she had fire

But that was a long, long time ago