When I Am Old One Day Songtext

von Mary Hopkin

When I am old one day
Children will laugh as I shuffle on by,
Resting with ev'ry stride,
Believing that steps were never so high.
When I am old one day
Surrounded by pieces is long ago,
I will recall today
And wonder where all the hours go.

Will I sit in the park,
Time on my hands to soak up the sun,
Or will I have made my Mark
And still have some things
That have to be done?

Will I talk to the air,
Mumbling phrases to shadows
That hide with people who stop to stare
And wonder just who I see at my side?

When I am old one day
Watching the children playing their game.
Someone may pass my way
And look at my face and call out my name.

And then he'll remember when
I stood on the stage and I sang this song.
And maybe we'll both try then,
To remember the words and sing along.
When I am old one day.

When I am old one day
Surrounded by pieces of long ago,
I will recall today
And wonder where all the hours go.
When I am old one day.