Auf Eine Leierkastenmelodie
Dota Kehr
To a Music Box Melody
You came just a few years too late
And I couldn't wait that long
All the flowers I planted to greet you
Have now wilted in my garden
Day after day, year after year, I watched for you
But you were off on endless journeys
My longing fell silent, my song has faded
And now you come a few years too late
'Cause I couldn't wait that long
I couldn't wait that long
Tell me, where were you when spring was still in the land?
When happiness stood at the gates
When the days were full of light and the nights so clear
Tell me, where were you when I was joyfully twenty?
And my heart was still free, my hand still unclaimed
Look, now my love has dimmed and grown tired
Like the autumn sun, shining but not glowing
And my golden hair is turning silver
Leave your boat anchored on the shore where it now stands
'Cause now you come a few years too late
And it will never be the way it was
It will never be the way it was
It will never be the way it was
