You And I (When We Were Young)

You And I (When We Were Young) - Strawbs

I sometimes sit and think about

Our evenings in the firelight

You and I

When we were young

Laughing at the crazy-patterned shadows

That were dancing on the wall

Without a care

With time to spend

Hardly speaking

For hours on end

That was you and I

When we were young

Walking hand in hand beside the river

At the weekends

You and I

When we were young

Children with their fishing nets were laughing

As they took their catches home

Caterpillars in paper bags

Knees tied up with dirty rags

That was you and I

When we were young

Brushing through the fallen leaves

Together in the autumn

You and I

When we were young

Planning for the future

Without knowing what it held for us at all

The road to nowhere never climbs

We changed direction a dozen times

That was you and I

When we were young