Story Behind the Song
The lyrics are based on a poem by William Butler Yeats, "When You are Old and Grey." This is maybe the third and best acoustic recording of the song.
Lyrics
Jennifer,
When you are old and full of sleep,
And nodding by the fire, keep
On dreaming you are not so deeply
Lost in looking for
The days that are no more,
Oh, Jennifer.
Jennifer,
You reminisce about the days
When you were young and had a face
So tempered with a lovely grace
That, with love false or true,
So many wanted you.
Oh, Jennifer.
Jennifer, why did you say
The timing wasn't right?
It makes me think there is a day,
Though distant, when it might.
I would wait forever to see her-
Say that you will be there,
Jennifer.
Jennifer,
Your world is dimming, like the glow
Of fading fired burning low.
You watch the embers, and you know
They burned out long ago,
And you have always known,
Oh, Jennifer,
I loved you like no other,
Jennifer.
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