Lorena-Tennessee Ernie Ford

[00:05.544] The years creep slowly by, Lorena [00:15.945] The snow is on the grass again [00:23.407] The sun's low down the sky, Lorena [00:34.619] The frost gleams where the flowers have been [00:42.139] But the heart throbs on as warmly now [00:49.936] As when the summer days were nigh [00:57.339] Oh, the sun can never dip so low [01:08.077] And down affection's cloudless sky [01:25.110] A hundred months have passed, Lorena [01:36.658] Since last I held that hand in mine [01:45.292] And felt the pulse beat fast, Lorena [01:54.186] Though mine beat faster far than thine [02:02.695] A hundred months, 'twas flowery May [02:11.289] When up the hilly slope we climbed [02:19.533] Oh, to watch the dying of the day [02:31.469] And hear the distant church bells chime [02:51.521] It matters little now, Lorena [02:59.310] The past is in the eternal past [03:07.998] Our heads will soon lie low, Lorena [03:16.545] Life's tide is ebbing out so fast [03:25.879] There is a future, oh, thank God [03:32.731] Of life this is so small a part [03:40.842] 'Tis dust to dust beneath the sod [03:53.081] But there, up there, 'tis heart to heart