Back When Ted Loved Sylvia Lyrics

The song Back When Ted Loved Sylvia is performed by Griffith Nanci in the album named Hearts in Mind in the year 2024 .



They both wrote poetry
In fact, that was how they met
He was a Yorkshire man in Cambridge
She was from Ma*sachusetts

They spoke and they fell in love
They kissed and picked daffodils
She came across the ocean
Just to bid her heart goodbye

The hawk next to his goddess
They were glorious to see
Back when Ted loved Sylvia

Close friends disapproved
Said they ought to wait
They did not care with all that said
And married nonetheless

They traveled and they taught
A life of academia
Typewriters and cocktails
Angry verses and sad pleas

Dutiful wife and mother
The poet behind her man
Back when Ted loved Sylvia

The tempests that were howling
And tearing them apart
Were forces that had been in place
To wreck them from the start

So she stayed home with the kids
Collecting poems in a jar
He had his lectures and soon a mistress
And left her all alone

Why did she end it all?
Was he just to blame?
There's only two that know for sure
And neither one remain

I don't need an answer
I prefer to read between the lines
Back when Ted loved Sylvia
Back when Ted loved Sylvia



Griffith Nanci - Hearts in Mind

Dec 2024

  1. Angels
  2. Back When Ted Loved Sylvia
  3. Beautiful
  4. Before
  5. Big Blue Ball Of War
  6. Heart Of Indochine
  7. I Love This Town -w/ Jimmy Buffett
  8. Last Train Home
  9. Love Conquers All
  10. Mountain Of Sorrow
  11. Old Hanoi
  12. Our Very Own -w/ Keith Carradine (Bonus Track)
  13. Rise To The Occasion -w/ Mac MacAnnaly
  14. Simple Life

Back When Ted Loved Sylvia