The years creep slowly by, Lorena The snow is on the grass again The sun's low down the sky, Lorena The frost gleams where the flowers have been But the heart throbs on as warmly now As when the summer days were nigh Oh, the sun can never dip so low A-down affection's cloudless sky Oh, the sun can never dip so low A-down affection's cloudless sky We loved each other then, Lorena More than we ever dared to tell And what we might have been, Lorena Had but our lovings prospered well But then, 'tis past, the years have gone And I'll not call up their shadowy forms I'll say to them "Lost years, sleep on! Sleep on! nor heed life's pelting storm" I'll say to them "Lost years, sleep on! Sleep on! nor heed life's pelting storm" ♪ It matters little now, Lorena The past is in the eternal past Our heads will soon lie low, Lorena Life's tide is ebbing out so fast There is a Future! O, thank God! Of life this is so small a part! 'Tis dust to dust beneath the sod But there, up there, 'tis heart to heart 'Tis dust to dust beneath the sod But there, up there, 'tis heart to heart