When the World Was Young - Eric Woolfson

When the world had just begun

And the stars seemed so near

Every day was a race to be run

Not a moment to be lost

And the sky seemed so clear

Not a cloud, not a bridge to be crossed

Then our ears would hear the thunder

And our eyes would fill with wonder

As we’d watch the garden grow

But a golden age was dawning

And a rainbow’s end was calling

And it soon was time to go

Every moment of the day

We would dance, we would play

And our souls were as free as the air

Tying ribbons in a bow

Pretty maids in a row

With the wind and the sun in our hair

But the overture was ended

And supremely independent

We would spread our wings and fly

At the risk of disillusion

In our innocent confusion

We were not afraid to try

So we run before we crawl

And we tumble and we fall

And our life is like a symphony

Just waiting to be sung

I remember when the world was…

Talking through the night

With companions we loved

Till the dawn filled our eyes with daylight

And the promises we made

All for one, one for all

As we dreamed of the wrongs we would right

With a golden road before us

And with God upon our side

We’d build a new Jerusalem

We were knights in shining armour

Full of passion, full of fire

We would never find again

So we run before we crawl

And we tumble and we fall

And we live on dreams and never think

Oh Lord, what have we done

In the garden when the world was young

And we couldn’t see a shadow

If one flew across the sun

In the garden when the world was young

We were knights in shining armour

Full of passion, full of fire

We would never find again

So we run before we crawl

And we tumble and we fall

And our life is still a symphony

Just waiting to be sung

In that garden when the world was young

And we didn’t see a shadow

When one flew across the sun

I remember when the world was young