Lover's Return - The Carter Family

And so you have come back to me

And say the old love’s growing yet

You’ve tried through all these weary years

You’ve tried too vainly to forget

No, no, I cannot take your hand

God never gives us back our youth

The loving heart you slighted then

Was yours, my friend, in perfect truth

Farewell, farewell now we must part

You never meant to do me wrong

God sent this anguish to my heart

To teach me to be brave and strong

Farewell, I think I love you yet

As friend to friend, God bless you, dear

And guide you through these weary years

To where the skies are always clear