Testo Sixteen, Maybe Less

Beyond the ridge on the left, you asked me what I want Between the trees and the chirping by the shading pond "I spent and hour with you, should I want anything else? She rose and winked like the owner of a candy store We were sixteen, maybe less, maybe a little more I walked home smiling, I finally had a story to tell And though an autumn-time lullaby sang our new-born love to sleep My brother wrote me, he saw her there In the woods one Christmas Eve, asleep I met my wife at a party when I drank too much My son is married and tells me we don't talk enough It's so predictable, yesterday my dream was of you Beyond the ridge on the left, the sun had left the sky Between the trees and pond you put your hand in mine Said, 2Time has bridled us both but I remember it, too" And though an autumn-time lullaby sang our new-born love to sleep I dreamt I traveled and found you there In the woods one Christmas Eve, with me