Recently, it all came back to me
Somebody promised us roses
Recently by the wild laundry
But today I see it′s only a memory
A decade ago, they vanished from sight
With the speed of a shooting star
Leaving you, leaving me where we are
Well, you could say we sailed on stormy seas
Or you could say that we failed
Like seven out of ten in our neighborhood
But I prefer remembering the way we were
When we both thought the other had hung the moon
There's all to say
In the troubled times and the broken rhymes
So hard to define ′til recently
Oh, I could have tried for a thousand years
With a long and winding night
Could have cried another million tears
It would never come out right
And recently, the product of all our years
Dressed in a navy blue blazer
Headed for a first class school in eight days
And I'd like to say he's hardly a failure now
And neither are you
On the second time around with a wife and a family
And the roses that lay tonight
In the new baby′s eyes say recently
Writer(s): Joan Baez Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com
