There’s a tree by the brook where we used to lie

And listen to the water gently murmuring by

I loved you then, my love was so strong

But death cast his shadow and took you along

Here in this place where we first pledged our trust

The wind of change blew and blew you to dust

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I look in the mirror now and see that I’m old

But remember the laughter, the stories we told

I cool my forehead on its glass and feel my heart race

As I long to remember your beautiful face

Consumed by the past, our love, youthful lust

The wind of change blowing my memories to dust

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If we are reborn to the future, a chance to return

Will we remember these lessons we learn?

We can never again be all that we are now

But we learn to accept our fate somehow

We pay the price because in life we must

The wind of change blows and it blows us to dust