When I was small, and Christmas trees were tall Don't ask me why, but time has passed us by Some one else moved in from far away Now we are tall, and Christmas trees are small And you don't ask the time of day But you and I, our love will never die But

Remember when Remember when I was young and so were you And time stood still and love was all we knew You were the first, so was I We made love and then you cried Remember when we vowed the vows and walked the walk Gave our hearts, made the start, it was

Now I know, I lost you a long time ago I could have been So many things But it would never be enough for you I was the one You counted on But I was never the one for you If it was all a mistake Then I guess we're both to blame

Every day I'll wait Every day, every day I'll wait Woke up home half drunk Got a feeling we ain't done No one's gonna know you better 'Cause I was your first one Back when we were so young I know we still wake up together Yeah, I'll stay

When I was young Pain more painful Laughter much louder Yeah, when I was young The rooms were so much colder then My father was a soldier then And times were very hard I smoked my first cigarette at ten And for girls, I had a bad yen

I miss the warm embrace I felt First time you touched me Secure and safe in open arms I should have known you'd crush me A snake you were when me met I loved you anyway Pulling out your poisoned fangs The venom never goes away Serpent swims free in my