Walked 'round the town where I was born and bred

Places changed, friends gone, some dead,

Fading ghosts of streets that were home to me

Where I'd played as a child, young and fancy-free

The glow of the smiles that used to be

On the faces of friends I knew.

Wraiths of ships built on the river there

Faint echoes of their horns on the misty air

Phantom shades of men, faces lined with care,

Walking over the bridge back home.

Felt the spirit of a kiss from my first flame pass by

Caught the light of that dancing twinkle in her eye

The whisper’d breath of love that would never ever die

'Neath green trees where bright sunlight played

Moving on without tears or a backward glance,

Time calls 'All change!' in its onward dance.

New day, new face, new place, new chance

Now turns all too quickly into Then

A long time since it's been that way

Such a long, long time - yet only yesterday