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When first I met you years ago

 in another time and place

a thought came to my mind

 I'd never seen a kinder face

 or warmer laugh and gentler smile

 or eyes so full of light

 I'd be a fool if I didn't fall

 in love with you that night

We've tramped around the world my dear

 our fortune was to roam

but each place that I've been with you

 that place has been my home

 if now I wander on alone

 with no place to abide

 I'll be content for I was sent

 those wanderings at your side

Love that blossoms in the night

 can't stand the test of time

it ebbs and flows it comes and goes

 no reason reach nor rhyme

 as each day becomes another day

 each year another year

 I'd trade a year in heaven

 for a day with you my dear

The miles flow on and I am gone

 to a wild and empty land

where time's like an empty room

 and space an empty hand

 and the things we said and the jokes we made

 are echoes in the waste

 we'll meet again when hills are green

 in another time and place