They met in the summer of 1958,
A hometown girl with stars in her eyes
He came from out of town to work in the mill,
She found what she was looking for
And he, he found a wife.
She still remembers those good old days
Nights filled with laughter and friends
Drives in the country
Nights at the cinema
She still remembers
But he, he seems to forget
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He’s sitting at the bar of the Railway Hotel,
He’s sitting with his mates, all alone
She’s sitting in the Kingswood with a cigarette in hand
She waits
And remembers all they hoped it would be
The church bells echoed over town that day
They both felt the future looked bright
She still hears those church bells every Sunday morning
They’re all that is left of their dreams they just echoed away....
The railway that brought her her man is closed,
The flour mill is boarded and still
She’s mourning a friendship that slipped through her fingers
They took it for granted they’d be happy,
But I guess they were wrong....
She remembers all they hoped it would be