Dolly Parton — I Knew You When

That year the spring was six months long And love could do no wrong Filled up with hope and all the answers The sun was stapled to the sky A junior prom, July And we at center stage were the dancers I knew you when the air was cold, I'm there again My dress was blue and it lay across the chair Because I loved you I knew you well Your heart could melt like caramel Your eyes were deep like the silent muddy stream Where the tadpoles dream ? against the child We'd fall asleep That year the fog would climb the beach And wrapped us out of reach from searchlights That the sky was sending I knew you first, I knew you best I knew you from the rest I knew you when the spring was ending As time takes hold You may feel we're growing old But in my praying, I will you see you as you were And you'll remain the time that you Of now and then, it's only me I knew you when