When

When the days of wine are gone

And all the nights are long

Then all my thoughts run on to you

When the lonely silence calls

When I walk through empty halls

Then all my thoughts run on to you

And when they linger for a while

You come and touch me with your tender smile

And when your love was all my world

My days my life you were

Then all the songs were songs of you

I tasted well of sweet success

Nothing touched me that was second best

Oh but then I turned and you were gone

To someone else's song

And now I'm going back to when

I loved you now and then

When the story now is told

And all my love unfolds

I've lost my very soul to you

Your love was written in the sky

But at the time I never looked so high

Darling when will you come back to me

Release me set me free

When oh when