There are several versions of this track on the same album    All in different keys.    This is for the 19th track on the Night On Earth Album    Hope it helps.    If you Like it Use it Play it Copy it                                      Please RATE IT !                                                       flatwound                          GOOD OLD WORLD (WALTZ)          = X44322   = X43222 = 466544 = X46664         D#maj = X68886  A#m = 688666  Fm = 133111        INTRO:              When I was a boy  The moon was a pearl        The sun a yellow gold           But when I was a man  The wind blew cold        The hills were upside down           But now that I  Have gone from here  There’s no place I’d rather be          Than to float My chances  On the tide  Back in the good old world        October’s last  I’ll fly back home    Rolling down winding way          And all I’ve got’s a pocket full   Of flowers on my grave        And now summer is gone  I remember it best        Back in the good old world           I remember when    She held my hand        We walked home alone   In the rain        How pretty her mouth  How soft her hair        Nothing can be the same        And there’s a rose Upon her breast  Where I long to lay my head        And her hair  Was so yellow  And the wine was so red        Back in the good old world        And there’s a rose Upon her breast  Where I long to lay my head        And her hair  Was so yellow  And the wine was so red        Back in the good old world

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À propos de la chanson

Cette chanson évoque un voyage nostalgique à travers le temps, soulignant la perte de l'innocence et les souvenirs d'une jeunesse pleine de promesses. Le narrateur se remémore des moments simples mais précieux, comme la tendresse partagée et la beauté du monde qui l'entourait. Il exprime un désir de retourner à cette époque où tout semblait plus lumineux, à travers des images poétiques de la nature et des relations. Le contexte de cette œuvre s’inscrit dans un récit plus large, celui de "Night on Earth", un album qui accompagne un film du même nom. Cette atmosphère nocturne et introspective renforce les thèmes de nostalgie et de solitude, offrant un reflet de la condition humaine.