She was as sweet as a flower,
just starting to bloom
I knew I was in trouble
when she walked into the room
How could someone so young
know of love so soon?
She knew that I had seen her,
I saw her looking my way
I felt that I should answer,
then what should I say
Should I ask her to come with me
or forget and walk away?
She told me she was older,
but I knew she couldn't be
She told me she was older,
I knew she couldn't be
'Cause her eyes made me remember the days
When I was young and free
It's hard when you grow old
and you're longing to be young
And if your song of innocence
is a story of your soul
You can sing it through the sunrise,
never to the setting sun.
Where the wild roses grow
In the silent fields of loss
Beloved names are etched in stone
For those who lived and loved and lost
See the ones who come to pray
And lay their hands upon the ground
Last words they couldn't say
Spoken softly to the clouds
These arms still feel you
This heart remembers
Your smile still lingers in my sad old eyes
The stars, the flowers
These cruel empty hours
The tears of time hold fast these precious ties
All the laughter we once knew
Little bells that ring around the house
The chair that holds the shape of you
The love that will not let me out
Don't wanna leave, I don't want to forget
Not yet, not ever, I will always look back
There is no goodbye, I can't regret
And I will wear black
These arms still feel you
This heart remembers
Your smile still lingers in my sad old eyes
The stars, the flowers
Cruel empty hours
The tears of time hold fast these precious ties
Another sunset follows rain
The books you bought and never read
Your birthday picture in a frame
Smiling eyes still look ahead
Life will never be the same
Yet the heart is ever strong
Love will conquer and remain
And keep her gift, her endless bond
These arms still feel you
This heart remembers
Your smile still lingers in my sad old eyes
The stars, the flowers
These cruel empty hours
The tears of time hold fast these precious ties
Don’t wanna leave, don’t wanna forget
I will always look back
No goodbye, no regret
I will wear black
I will wear black
I will wear black
