The years they come and the years they go To love someone is to watch them grow You said hold me And so I do The fading light it moves so fast You pull me close, you say we're alone at last Now you can hold me — I want you to hold me And so I do, of course I do In the sanctity of silence As the wind sweeps through the islands And I'm staring at the darkness that's coming soon As you look at me you're crying Then a tear falls from my eyelids If you're living then you're dying, what's left to choose? But I feel it in the moment and I say it now I know it I want to grow old with you Through the city streets that are crumbled and cracked with load You grab my hand, and say that's where the garden grows I want you to love me — just love me And so I do, of course I do In the sanctity of silence As the wind sweeps through the islands And I'm staring at the darkness that's coming soon As you look at me you're crying Then a tear falls from my eyelids If you're living then you're dying, what's left to choose? But I feel it in the moment and I say it now I know it I want to grow old with you Now I'm looking back, as I so often do On late afternoons making love to you Oh how I loved you, yes I loved you And I still do Of course I do