Long Afternoons - Jerry Jeff Walker

I once knew a woman

And she loved only me

And she knew how to touch me

And how to turn to me

She knew how to kiss

And she knew just what to whisper

No need to explain how I felt about her

And her it was brown

So soft brown in the sun

You could blow it away

When she took it down undone

So fresh light and clean

Like a snow’on a flower

No need to explain the way I still feel about her

Her ribbons and her lace

We shared in her room

I remember them well

On those long afternoons

And her words falling softly

Just like a warm summer shower

No need to explain the way I feel about her

Soon the hayfields are ripen

Soon the berries will show

And they will fade into autumn

And lie under the snow

Some years among many

Give so much to remember

There’s no need to explain the way I feel about her