[Verse] By the willows we would meet Barefoot whispers in the heat The creek would hum The world stood still His laugh could bend the strongest will [Chorus] By the willows By the stream Lost my heart Lost my dream He's gone now But I still go To the willows Where the soft winds blow [Verse 2] His hands were rough His eyes were kind A thousand stars could never blind But the road called It stole his name Left me here A heart aflame [Prechorus] The river sings It knows my pain It cries his name Like falling rain [Chorus] By the willows By the stream Lost my heart Lost my dream He's gone now But I still go To the willows Where the soft winds blow [Bridge] The banjo strums The fiddle weeps The willow bows The memory keeps If I could hold him one more time I'd trade the world My soul My rhyme
