The Years Songtext
von The Acfields

His eyes landed on her white dress
Lace in her hair
A summer day in ′46
Gardenias in the air
Danced hand in hand till midnight
Like when they first met
Dreamed out their days ahead

And the years they passed them by
Just like they said they would
And the rooms in the house slowly filled
And they wondered if their story was foretold
They laughed and fought and mostly walked
Till the children moved away
Forty years together
And then they parted ways


She started to be unusual
Tried to clear her mind
Her words became like a jigsaw puzzle
With pieces she couldn't find
And the years escaped her mind
Like nobody thought they would
And the rooms in the house emptied too
And he wondered if their story
If foretold in its gloom and its glory
Would they change it

His eyes landed on an unfamiliar face
He asked the nurse who′s the pretty one
Across the room she met his gaze
And smiled like it had just begun
They felt like more than strangers
Meeting for the first time
Danced hand in hand again

And the years escaped their mind
Like nobody thought they would
And the rooms in the house emptied too

And the years escaped their minds
Like nobody thought they would

And the rooms in the house slowly filled
And they wondered if their story
If foretold in its gloom and its glory
They wondered if their story
If foretold in its gloom and its glory
Would they change it