Fawm 2015 2-27-15 13. AS THE WHITE FILLS THIS GREYBEARD OF MINE I remember the flowers in springtime And the lengthening hours in the sunshine How your eyes opened up and they met mine And I couldn't let go of your gaze And we danced as the churchbells were ringing And together our hearts were singing I've forgotten the songs we were swinging And I long for those long-ago days In long winter hours While the slow candle burns And the light finds it harder to shine I'll recall times gone by And the fire in your eye As the white fills this greybeard of mine I remember the summertime lakeshore When you took off that sundress that you wore I remember you didn't wear much more Except the light in the depths of your eye The shoreline all the way to the pine trees Just waiting for the relief of a cool breeze I miss the sweet heat of those mem'ries And the sun in the summery sky In long winter hours While the stars cross the sky And the light finds it harder to shine I'll recall most of all Fading steps down the hall As the white fills this greybeard of mine I remember the colours in autumn As all the green drained out through the bottom We wanted good times and we got 'em But soon they had all passed us by And slowly the winter descended And the truth couldn't be bended All of the magic had ended We had to just kiss it goodbye In long winter hours While the ice grinds away And the light finds it harder to shine I'll recall times long gone But the times just roll on As the white fills this greybeard of mine