Long Afternoons

I once knew a woman

And she loved only me

And she knew how to touch me,

And how to turn to me

She knew how to kiss,

and she knew just what to whisper

No need to explain how I felt about her

And her it was brown,

So soft brown in the sun

You could blow it away,

When she took it down undone

So fresh light and clean,

Like a snow'on a flower

No need to explain the way I still feel about her

Her ribbons and her lace,

we shared in her room

I remember them well,

On those long afternoons

And her words falling softly,

just like a warm summer shower

No need to explain the way I feel about her

Soon the hayfields are ripen

Soon the berries will show

And they will fade into autumn,

And lie under the snow

Some years among many,

Give so much to remember

There's no need to explain the way I feel about her