In this tarnished and old photograph we race through a field of green There was nothin' we held on our backs We were young we were wild and free When we got to bridge where you almost passed out from the sweltering heat I ran back to house To grab you some water and somethin' to eat
And your skin is glistened in the sun And what shown on the river reflections of love And our smoke from our cigarettes twirled through the wind We twirled through the air and almost off the bridge But you kept me from falling and I kept laughin' the bird in the trees kept on ratt a tatt tattin' the water below us it shimmered like gold And I swore in that moment with you I'd grow old
And still to this day when I study your smile I arrive at that bridge where I'll rest for a while And chat with the birds From that river of gold of mystery freedom and memory's old
In this optimistic and fresh photograph We'll stand and hold hands at the start of a path And we'll look to each other and tell one another I love you, you wont' walk alone.