Who (Will Take My Place)?

An age of innocence ago

I thought that lovers never die

But like the everlasting sky

Go on and on

But now I'm old enough to know

That life is just a summer flower

That lives a tiny little hour

And soon is gone

Who, when my life is through?

Who will know the joys

I have known with you?

Who will touch your face?

Sleep in your embrace?

Who will take my place

When I sleep alone?

Who, when the day is done?

Who will hold the hand

Of my pretty one?

Who will climb the heights?

Finding in your nights

All those wild delights

Only I have known

You say you'll always love me

That time has another claim

Why do the gods above me

Play the cynical game?

Life, isn't what it seems

Fickle as the wind

As fragile as dreams

When I end my years

Who will ease your pain?

Kiss away your tears?

And bury me again?

Why do the gods above me

Play the cynical game?

Life, isn't what it seems

Fickle as the wind

As fragile as dreams

When I end my years

Who will ease your pain?

Kiss away your tears?

And bury me again?