When I Was Yours Lyrics - Iris Dement

In a lonely room, waiting for the night to fall 

I hear your voice in every whippoorwill that calls 

and it takes me back to a better place and a sweeter time 

When I was yours and you were mine 

When I was yours and you were mine 

a truer love in Caroline 

never waltzed across the hills to dance beneath the stars 

And life was sweeter than the flowers blooming on the vine 

When I was yours and you were mine 

As the shadows fall and the night grows dim, I see your face 

I close my eyes and I feel the warmth of your embrace 

as I yearn for you and for all those days that hearts entwined 

When I was yours and you were mine 

When I was yours and you were mine 

a truer love in Caroline 

never waltzed across the hills to dance beneath the stars 

And life was sweeter than the flowers blooming on the vine 

When I was yours and you were mine 

So I lay my head on a pillow soft and stained with tears 

I cry for you through all the long lonely years 

When I dream, 'til the morning sun has come to shine 

And I'll be yours and you'll be mine 

When I was yours and you were mine 

a truer love in Caroline 

never waltzed across the hills to dance beneath the stars 

And life was sweeter than the flowers blooming on the vine 

When I was yours and you were mine 

And I will go back to a better place and a sweeter time 

When I was yours and you were mine