Verse
C G7 C
When I was young and dreams were new,
F G
I loved a girl who looked like you.
C F
I saw her face in mountains stream.
C G7 C
I lingered there and lost myself in dreams.
Verse
C G7 C
But we were young and tossed away
F G
Our precious love along the way.
C F
We parted strangers, thoughtless and free
C G7 C
And set our hearts to wandering aimlessly.
F C
But looking back, somehow I see
G7 C
How seldom love has come to me.
F C
And I confess that now and then
G7 C
I think of her remembering when
Verse
G7 C
If I were young and dreams were new,
F G
I'd love a girl who looked like you.
C F
I'd hold her close if she'd agree
C G7 C
To love perhaps a boy who looked like me.