Back When We Were Beautiful Lyrics - Old Yellow Moon - Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell

I guess you had to be there 

She said you had to be 

She handed me a yellowed photograph 

And then said, see? 

This was my greatest love 

My one and only love 

And this is me 

Back when we were beautiful 

See 

I don't feel very different 

She said I know it's strange 

I guess I've gotten used to 

These little aches and pains 

But I still love to dance 

You know we used to dance 

But night away 

Back when we were beautiful 

Beautiful, yes 

I hated when they said 

I'm aging gracefully 

I fight it every day 

I guess they never see 

I don't like this at all 

What's happening to me? 

But I really love my grand kids 

She said they're sweet to hold 

They would have loved their grandpa 

Those awful jokes he told 

You know sometimes for a laugh 

The two of us would act 

Like we were old 

Back when we were beautiful 

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful yes 

But I guess you had to be there