When silver threads are gold again
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1. Darling, we are growing old
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and
show the silver in our hair,
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sands
of time have stolen all the gold
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that
made your youthful tresses fair.
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But years can never steal away,
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a
love that never can grow old.
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What care we for tresses gray,
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since
love will always keep its gold.
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2. Love, I'll tell you with a kiss,
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E
if
heaven gives back the youth we miss.
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Your face will be no fairer
then,
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A
when
silver threads are gold again. + A - D - E - A
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3. Darling, I can read today,
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E
the
question in your thoughtful eyes,
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you
wonder if I wish for May,
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A
beneath
this frosty Autumn sky.
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Love of mine, be sure of this,
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A
for
me, no face could be so fair
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D
than
this one that I stoop to kiss,
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A
beneath
its crown of silver hair. + A - D - E - A
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4. Darlin', with your hand in mine,
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E
we'll
journey all life's pathway through,
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with
happy tears your dear eyes shine
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A
like
deep blue blossoms in the dew.
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A
These sorrows of the passing
years
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A
have
made us love each other more.
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And every day that disappears,
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I count you dearer than before.
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5. Love, I'll tell you with a kiss,
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E
if
Heav’n gives back the youth we miss,
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your
face will be no fairer then,
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A
when
silver threads are gold again.
(The Carter Family)