Lover's Return - 2021 Remaster

And so you have come back again
And say your old love's burning yet
You've tried through all these weary years
You've tried so vainly to forget

Oh no, you cannot take my hand
God never gives us back our youth
This trusting heart you slighted then
Was yours, my friend, in perfect truth

Come close and let me see your face
Your raven hair's tinged with snow
Ah yes, it is the same sweet face
I loved so many years ago

Oh no, you cannot take my hand
God never gives us back our youth
This trusting heart you slighted then
Was yours, my friend, in perfect truth

Farewell, I think I love you yet
As friend to friend, God bless you, dear
And guide you through these weary years
To where the skies are always clear

Oh no, you cannot take my hand
God never gives us back our youth
This trusting heart you slighted then
Was yours, my friend, in perfect truth