Back When We Were Beautiful

2013-02-223:26 minSynced lyrics

"Back When We Were Beautiful" is a song by Emmylou Harris, released in 2013 in the Pop genre. The song is 3:26 long and contains 24 lines and 172 words.

Lyrics

0:12I guess you had to be there she said you had to be

0:24She handed me a yellowed photograph

0:31And then said See

0:36This was my greatest love my one and only love

0:43And this is me

0:49Back when we were beautiful see

1:01I don't feel very different she said I know it's strange

1:13I guess I've gotten used to these little aches and pains

1:26But I still love to dance you know we used to dance

1:32The night away

1:38Back when we were beautiful beautiful yes

1:51I hate it when they say

1:54I'm aging gracefully

1:57I fight it every day

2:00I guess they never see

2:03I don't like this at all

2:06What's happening to me

2:29But I really love my grandkids she said they're sweet to hold

2:42They would have loved their grandpa

2:46Those awful jokes he told

2:54You know sometimes for a laugh the two of us would act

3:00Like we were old

3:07Back when we were beautiful beautiful beautiful beautiful yes

3:26But I guess you had to be there

I guess you had to be there she said you had to be
She handed me a yellowed photograph
And then said See
This was my greatest love my one and only love
And this is me
Back when we were beautiful see
I don't feel very different she said I know it's strange
I guess I've gotten used to these little aches and pains
But I still love to dance you know we used to dance
The night away
Back when we were beautiful beautiful yes
I hate it when they say
I'm aging gracefully
I fight it every day
I guess they never see
I don't like this at all
What's happening to me
But I really love my grandkids she said they're sweet to hold
They would have loved their grandpa
Those awful jokes he told
You know sometimes for a laugh the two of us would act
Like we were old
Back when we were beautiful beautiful beautiful beautiful yes
But I guess you had to be there

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