Lorena Lyrics - 100 American Country Classics - Johnny Cash

the years creep slowly by, lorena, 

the snow is on the grass again; 

the sun's low down the sky, lorena, 

the frost gleams where the flowers have been. 

but my heart beats on as warmly now, 

as when the summer days were nigh; 

the sun can never dip so low, 

or down affections cloudless sky. 

a hundred months have passed, lorena, 

since last i held that hand in mine, 

and felt the pulse beat fast, lorena, 

though mine beat faster far than thine. 

a hundred months, 'twas flowery may, 

when up the hilly slope we climbed, 

to watch the dying of the day, 

and hear the distant church bells chime. 

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we loved each other then, lorena, 

more than we ever dared to tell; 

and what we might have been, lorena, 

had but our lovings prospered well. 

but then, 'tis past, the years are gone, 

i'll not call up their shadowy forms; 

i'll say to them, "lost years, sleep on! 

sleep on! nor heed life's pelting storms." 

the story of that past, lorena, 

alas! i care not to repeat, 

the hopes that could not last, lorena, 

they lived, but only lived to cheat. 

i would not cause e'en one regret 

to rankle in your bosom now; 

for "if we try, we may forget," 

were words of thine long years ago. 

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yes, these were words of thine, lorena, 

they burn within my memory yet; 

they touched some tender chords, lorena, 

which thrill and tremble with regret. 

'twas not thy woman's heart that spoke; 

thy heart was always true to me: 

a duty, stern and pressing, broke 

the tie which linked my soul with thee. 

it matters little now, lorena, 

the past is in the eternal past; 

our heads will soon lie low, lorena, 

life's tide is ebbing out so fast. 

there is a future! o, thank god! 

of life this is so small a part! 

'tis dust to dust beneath the sod; 

but there, up there, 'tis heart to heart.