I remember we have always been together
When we were children we played in the woods
At the highest place, right beneath the oak tree
There we promised to stay friends for all time
We grew up and you became a pretty woman
So all the young men started flocking around you
Winter came and you decided to start out
To find the one whose love was coming from the heart
Is that what you want
Is that what you need
Then I can't hold you up
One day I will be the one by your hand
One day we will be united
For you, my dear, I'll be waiting at the town gate
Waiting at the town gate
I'll be waiting at the town gate
Every day I watched your footprints in the snow
Spring was coming and made them melt away
Every night I lit a candle at the window
In case you come back while I sleep but I was fooling myself
I sent my things flying
I bit my fingernails
I cursed a thousand candles 'cause they never
I tore my hair, I cried, I shouted out your name
Then I collapsed and tried to live with your absence
That's what you want
That's what you need
But it's hard to accept
One day I will be the one by your hand
One day we will be united again
For you, my dear, I'll be waiting at the town gate
Waiting at the town gate
I'll be waiting at the town gate
Years flew by now and I'm feeling like an old man
Wishing that you come back with every shooting star
By now I'm wiser and I know I should have told you
That I'm the one whose love was coming from the heart
Here at the gate
I'll stand and wait
For the rest of my days
One day I will be the one by your hand
One day we will be united again
For you, my dear, I'll be waiting at the town gate
Waiting at the town gate
I'll be waiting at the town gate