When You Were Mine Lyrics - John Waite

Sweet 17 in summertime 

Drunk on Elderberry wine 

Laughing in the cornfields 

And taking our sweet time 

The world was ours together 

And all the things we had 

Were cast up in the future baby 

How could things turn out bad? 

Now I ain't waiting for 

Those days to return 

You showed me what love was 

I had such a lot to learn 

Hey baby 

I never knew a love so fine 

(When you were mine) 

Sweet darling 

When you were mine 

(When you were mine) 

7 days a week, 365 a year 

We tripped the wild fantastic edge 

The truth was always clear 

They could never tame our wild hearts 

Or stop us making love 

We were so inseparable 

We could never get enough 

And it seems like only yesterday 

You made my world turn 

And these days I think about ya 

The fire still burns 

Hey baby 

I never knew a better time 

(When you were mine) 

Sweet darling 

When you were mine 

(When you were mine) 

Alright 

Everything we had was so complete 

And all our young hearts wanted 

Was to be swept off our feet, yeah 

When you were mine in summertime 

I know there's no sense in looking back 

But everytime I think of it baby 

I just have to laugh 

Yeah, well maybe just sometimes, on my own 

Looking at my watch and thinking how time's flown 

Come back baby, like summer time 

And we can break a bottle of that Elderberry wine 

Hey baby 

I never knew a better time 

(When you were mine) 

Sweet darling yeah 

When you were mine 

(When you were mine) 

Hey darling 

Come back to me one more time 

(When you were mine) 

Sweet darling 

When you were mine 

(When you were mine) 

Everything was good 

Everything was fine 

When you were mine 

(When you were mine) 

When you were mine baby 

(When you were mine) 

Come back just like summertime, summertime