the summer before the war

Lyrics

all on a saturday, bright as a bell, early, and just for the ride, we took a trip, cycling down to the sea, you and your lady, and i, oh what a summer, oh what a sun, bright in the blue sky it clung, one day at whitsun, the sea and the shore, the summer before the war, all summer places where, you could taste the country air, racing our shadows we'd fly, down through the narrow lanes, chasing the slow trains, the last of an age going by, we had a good time, we had some fun, there was time then and we all were young, one day at whitsun, the sea and the shore, the summer before the war, young hearts and young souls, young minds to unfold, knowing the untold somehow, one day at whitsun, the sea and the shore, the summer before the war, young hearts and young souls, young minds to unfold, knowing the untold somehow, one day at whitsun, the sea and the shore, the summer before the war, we found a small cove, by the sand and the water, salt air brushing our skin, your hand in her mind, her hand in mine, watching the sea rushing in, oh what a moment, oh what a day, we held it, and it never slipped away, one day at whitsun, the sea and the shore, the summer before the war