Lorena Lyrics

The song Lorena is performed by Johnny Cash in the album named America: A 200-Year Salute in Story and Song in the year 2008 .



the years creep slowly by, lorena,
the snow is on the gra*s again;
the sun's low down the sky, lorena,
the frost gleams where the flowers have been.
but my heart beats on as warmly now,
as when the summer days were nigh;
the sun can never dip so low,
or down affections cloudless sky.

a hundred months have pa*sed, lorena,
since last i held that hand in mine,
and felt the pulse beat fast, lorena,
though mine beat faster far than thine.
a hundred months, 'twas flowery may,
when up the hilly slope we climbed,
to watch the dying of the day,
and hear the distant church bells chime.

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 are gone,
i'll not call up their shadowy forms;
i'll say to them, "lost years, sleep on!
sleep on! nor heed life's pelting storms."

the story of that past, lorena,
alas! i care not to repeat,
the hopes that could not last, lorena,
they lived, but only lived to cheat.
i would not cause e'en one regret
to rankle in your bosom now;
for "if we try, we may forget,"
were words of thine long years ago.

yes, these were words of thine, lorena,
they burn within my memory yet;
they touched some tender chords, lorena,
which thrill and tremble with regret.
'twas not thy woman's heart that spoke;
thy heart was always true to me:
a duty, stern and pressing, broke
the tie which linked my soul with thee.

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.




Johnny Cash - America: A 200-Year Salute in Story and Song

Mar 2008

  1. Opening Dialogue
  2. Paul Revere
  3. Begin West Movement
  4. The Road To Kaintuck
  5. To The Shining Mountains
  6. The Battle Of New Orleans
  7. Southwestward
  8. Remember the Alamo
  9. Opening The West
  10. Lorena
  11. The Gettysburg Address
  12. The West
  13. Big Foot
  14. Like A Young Colt
  15. Mister Garfield
  16. A Proud Land
  17. Big Battle
  18. On Wheels And Wings
  19. Come Take A Trip In My Airship
  20. Reaching For The Stars
  21. These Are My People


Lorena