Strawbs - Ringing Down The Years lyrics

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We met when you were still a girl<br />

In nineteen sixty eight<br />

You wore a white dress and a hat<br />

I touched the hand of fate<br />

Your sweet voice took my breath away<br />

Your smile lit up your face<br />

You still had both feet on the ground<br />

I was out in space<br />

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That certain sadness in your eyes<br />

The secret of your smile<br />

I've carried all these memories<br />

Down many's the weary mile<br />

And every time I hear your name<br />

My eyes moist up with tears<br />

As every word you ever sang<br />

Comes ringing down the years.<br />

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We sat and talked the whole night long<br />

Of all our rights and wrongs<br />

Of mutual acquaintances<br />

We sang each other's song<br />

You were with me when the morning broke<br />

The birds refused to sing<br />

They knew when they were beaten<br />

They hid beneath their wings.<br />

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I was in a Cleveland hotel room<br />

When they telephoned the news<br />

I drowned my sorrow all night long<br />

The Southern Comfort blues<br />

The show went on to great applause<br />

Choking back the tears<br />

As every word you ever sang<br />

Came ringing down the years.<br />

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I reached out for the hourglass<br />

To turn it face about<br />

But who knows where the time goes<br />

When your time is running out<br />

I know someday we'll meet again<br />

And I know just what I'll find<br />

You'll have taught the angels how to sing<br />

Georgia - Georgia on my mind.