Another Time and Place

When first I met you years ago

in another time and place

a thought came to my mind

I'd never seen a kinder face

or warmer laugh and gentler smile

or eyes so full of light

I'd be a fool if I didn't fall

in love with you that night

We've tramped around the world my dear

our fortune was to roam

but each place that I've been with you

that place has been my home

if now I wander on alone

with no place to abide

I'll be content for I was sent

those wanderings at your side

Love that blossoms in the night

can't stand the test of time

it ebbs and flows it comes and goes

no reason reach nor rhyme

as each day becomes another day

each year another year

I'd trade a year in heaven

for a day with you my dear

The miles flow on and I am gone

to a wild and empty land

where time's like an empty room

and space an empty hand

and the things we said and the jokes we made

are echoes in the waste

we'll meet again when hills are green

in another time and place