When You and I Were Young

I wandered today through the hills, Maggie And gazed on the valley below The brook and the weathered old mill, Maggie Where we shared our dreams long ago The wildflowers fade on the hillside, Maggie Where first all the daisies were flung Yet the old mill keeps singing, dear Maggie From when you and I were young They tell me I’ve grown old and weary, Maggie My footsteps move slower these days My face bears the lines of the years, Maggie Time wrote them in delicate ways They say we have drifted past seasons, Maggie Like old songs too often once sung But to me you’re as lovely as ever, Maggie As when you and I were young The meadow has changed with the ages, Maggie The bright summer grasses have gone But love lingers there in the echoes, Maggie And lives where our hearts carried on They say we belong to another time, Maggie Like ballads the young have unsung Yet still you are fair in my memory, Maggie As when you and I were young They say we have outlived our season, Maggie Like old songs remembered and sung But to me you’re as dear as the morning, Maggie As when you and I were young When you and I were young.