The GILBERTS

Lyrics

Lilac Valley

Hello old friend
How have you been
Since I last saw your rolling hills
And fields of emerald green

It’s been three long years
Each day I’ve missed you so
I’ve wandered far and wide
Not knowing where to go

So hello Lilac Valley
Don’t you know it’s been so long
Since I’ve heard your winds a-blowin’
And listened to your song
I never thought when I came back
Everything would be so wrong
But the memories of those carefree days
Will last my whole life long

Now I hardly recognize
The place I loved so true
There’s nothing here that’s left for me
It makes me feel so blue

The trees that reached so high once
Have all come tumbling down
In the fields I used to run through
The green has turned to brown

So hello Lilac Valley
Don’t you know it’s been so long
Since I’ve heard your winds a-blowin’
And listened to your song
I never thought when I came back
Everything would be so wrong
But the memories of those carefree days
Will last my whole life long

The city where I live now
Has all that I should need
A place to sleep, good food to eat
A pleasant life indeed

But there’s one thing I’m missing
When I lay down to sleep
I see the rolling fields I loved
When I was seventeen

So hello Lilac Valley
Don’t you know it’s been so long
Since I’ve heard your winds a-blowin’
And listened to your song
I never thought when I came back
Everything would be so wrong
But the memories of those carefree days
Will last my whole life long