Once I loved a girl so young like in springtime
Gentle as a lamb and warm as the sunshine
Julia was her name
All the summer through we lived free from sorrow
Today the sun shone so we laughed at tomorrow
And I was so much to blame
I'd close her eyes with lullabies
That children would teach me to sing
And when the night turned to morning light
Fresh flowers to her I'd bring
Julia,
born to the sunshine Wings like a flower by the morning rain
Julia,
like butterflies living
Just for the hour not to be seen again
If
I wronged her then I wish she'd have said it
Then I'd know and tell her I never meant it
But Julia changed her mind
Now the cold winds blow dead leaves by the roadside
Like my memories they'll be withered
by springtime When Julia once was mine
I'd close her eyes with lullabies
That children would teach me to sing
And when the night turned to morning light
Fresh flowers to her I'd bring
Julia,
born to the sunshine Wings like a flower by the morning rain
Julia,
like butterflies living Just for the hour not to be seen again
Julia,
like butterflies living Just for the hour not to be seen again