[Verse 1]
I've been loving you a long time
Down all the years, down all the days
And I cry for all your troubles
Smile at your funny little ways

We watched our friends grow up together
And we saw them as they fell
Some of them fell into heaven
Some of them fell into hell

[Verse 2]
Then I took shelter from a shower
And I stepped into your arms
On a rainy night in Soho
The wind was whistling all its charms

And I sang you all my sorrows
And you told me all your joys
Whatever happened to that old song?
To all those little girls and boys, little girls and boys?

[Verse 3]
Sometimes I wake up in the morning
Her ginger baby by my bed
Covered in a cloak of silence
I hear you talking in my head
And I'm not singing for the future
And i'm not dreaming of the past
I'm not talking about the first time
I never think about the last, think about the last

[Verse 4]
Now this song is nearly over
We may never find out what it means
Still, there's a light I hold before me
You're the measure of my dreams, the measure of my dreams