Iris DeMent - When I Was Yours lyrics

In a lonely room, waiting for the night to fall I hear your voice in every whippoorwill that calls and it takes me back to a better place and a sweeter time When I was yours and you were mine When I was yours and you were mine a truer love in Caroline never waltzed across the hills to dance beneath the stars And life was sweeter than the flowers blooming on the vine When I was yours and you were mine As the shadows fall and the night grows dim, I see your face I close my eyes and I feel the warmth of your embrace as I yearn for you and for all those days that hearts entwined When I was yours and you were mine When I was yours and you were mine a truer love in Caroline never waltzed across the hills to dance beneath the stars And life was sweeter than the flowers blooming on the vine When I was yours and you were mine So I lay my head on a pillow soft and stained with tears I cry for you through all the long lonely years When I dream, 'til the morning sun has come to shine And I'll be yours and you'll be mine When I was yours and you were mine a truer love in Caroline never waltzed across the hills to dance beneath the stars And life was sweeter than the flowers blooming on the vine When I was yours and you were mine And I will go back to a better place and a sweeter time When I was yours and you were mine