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When We’re Old Lyrics by Stan Simon

Ruins

2016

[Verse 1]
The lighthouse, you came with me
To feel the breeze and touch the sea
And from your eyes to the words I hold
When you said you want to watch me grow old

[Verse 2]
I am breathless on the cove
Your face a song the Gods composed
In a fading sky, one day we will die
I will listen until the blue leaves our eyes

[Pre-Chorus]
And the sun will ignite
And the moon will cool the night
When our grave is a crashing wave
We’ll leave behind new life

[Verse 3]
We set sail on a crowd of stars
A ship made from wooden guitars
A vessel we ride through the rising tide
With the ghosts of the sea’s silent years

[Verse 4]
Oh, my heart was slow to learn
But every turn assures my fate
The lighthouse shines in a burning line
As I marvel at the change in your face

[Chorus]
When we’re old and by the fire
Together once again
A history of tender years
Held in wrinkled hands
And the sun will ignite
And the moon will cool the night
When our grave is a crashing wave
We’ll leave behind new life

[Bridge]
My one, my only one
A time when we’re old
My one, my only one
A time when we’re old
My one, my only one
A time when we’re old
My one, my only one
A time when we’re old
A time when we’re old
A time when we’re old
Oh

[Chorus]
When we’re old and by the fire
Together once again
A history of tender years
Held in wrinkled hands
And the sun will ignite
And the moon will cool the night
When our grave is a crashing wave
We’ll leave behind new life
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About “When We’re Old” by Stan Simon

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"When We’re Old" appears on "Ruins " in 2016.

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