The moment is gone long ago;
But you'll have me not then, but always.
The people went on in a rushing flow;
But you'll have me not then, but always.

That crowded house is now but an empty hollow;
But you'll have me not then, but always.
Turning in dust, behind leaving the sorrow;
But you'll have me not then, but always.

No one can have you forever and so,
But you'll have me not then, but always.
The older you get, maybe the lesser you will glow;
But you'll have me not then, but always.

They will leave you, like an ending of some show;
But I'm your memory, for always with you.