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Darling, we are growing old
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and show the silver in our hair,
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sands of time have stolen all the gold
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that made your youthful tresses fair.
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But years can never steal away,
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a love that never can grow old.
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What care we for tresses gray,
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since love will always keep its gold.
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Love, I'll tell you with a kiss,
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if heaven gives back the youth we miss.
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Your face will be no fairer then,
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when silver threads are gold again.
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Darling, I can read today,
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the question in your thoughtful eyes,
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you wonder if I wish for May,
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beneath this frosty Autumn sky.
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Love of mine, be sure of this,
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for me, no face could be so fair
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than this one that I stoop to kiss,
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beneath its crown of silver hair.
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Darlin', with your hand in mine,
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we'll journey all life's pathway through,
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with happy tears your dear eyes shine
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like deep blue blossoms in the dew.
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These sorrows of the passing years
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have made us love each other more.
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And every day that disappears,
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I count you dearer than before.
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Love, I'll tell you with a kiss,
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if Heav’n gives back the youth we miss,
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your face will be no fairer then,
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when silver threads are gold again.
Written by A.P. Carter