When We Were Beautiful & Young

When We Were Beautiful & Young - Mick Harvey

Lyrics by：Mick Harvey

Composed by：Mick Harvey

Produced by：Mick Harvey/Amanda Acevedo

When we were beautiful and young

There was time for anything

And the days slipped through our fingers like golden sand

The twists of fortune were not under our command

With a thousand verses not yet sung

When we were beautiful and young

And there were friends who spoke in tongues

The world was wild a crazy thing

And the months blew from the calendar like withered leaves

A blur of places faces some hard to retrieve

With a hundred races yet to run

When we were beautiful and young

At times it all just turned to junk

In vicious circles fiery rings

And the seasons offered up the extremities of hope

The circles in a spiral of those who could and couldn't cope

And there were some who came undone

When we were beautiful and young

Through those rotations we were one

There were verses yet to sing

And the years just flew away like petals in a storm

People came and went and I forgot to close the door

But I'm having my time in the sun

Now I'm not beautiful and young

When we were beautiful and young

There was still time for everything

And the days just spilled like water through our hands

Future decades did not form a part of any plans

With a thousand verses not yet sung

When we were beautiful and young

When we were beautiful and young

When we were beautiful and young

When we were beautiful and young

When we were beautiful and young