Patricia Paay - The World I Threw Away lyrics

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Today I saw you on the street

How sad it was for us to meet

For in that moment of "Hello"

I found the world that I let go

After all the years apart

How strange to find you in my heart

How sad to find that I still love you so

We spoke of all the happy days

Before we went our separate ways

Seeing you, I knew the past

Had caught up to my heart at last

I was young and full of spring

Until I saw your wedding ring

It told me of the world I threw away

As we whispered our goodbyes

I held the tears behind my eyes

You kissed my cheek for old times sake

And I could feel my poor heart break

It was a crazy thing to do

But when you left, I followed you

I had to see the world I threw away

I saw the streets I left behind

I saw my yesterdays unwind

And in the park and in the square

The past was waiting everywhere

With each and every memory

I knew the past had passed for me

But still I watched the world I threw away

I watched your window through the night

How sweet the dream behind the light

But when I saw your light grow dim

I knew the state that you were in

And now I wander from your door

Goodbye my love for ever more

Goodbye to you

The world I threw away