[Verse 1]
C C/B
I see the young ones slowly strolling
Am G
On their Friday promenade
Am
The sun is low their faces glowing
C G C
Hopeful hearts out on display
C C/B
In their dreams are wine and roses
Am G
Quiet picnics in the park
Am
Holding hands and rubbing noses
C G C
Softly kissing in the dark
[Verse 2]
C C/B
I was much the same in my day
Am G
All impatient and unsure
Am C/B
But to love I'd soon surrender
C G C
Pledge my soul so young and pure
C C/B
For he gave me wine and roses
Am G
Quiet picnics in the park
Am C/B
Held my hand and we rubbed noses
C G C
Softly kissing in the dark
[Verse 3]
C C/B
I'd never trade our life together
Am G
Though we had our rocky times
Am C/B
My heart it rose and fell so often
C G C
Like the constant shifting tide
C C/B
It wasn't all just wine and roses
Am G
Quiet picnics in the park
Am
Holding hands and rubbing noses
C G C
Softly kissing in the dark
[Verse 4]
C C/B
I am old and all alone now
Am G
My children grown and far away
Am C/B
They used to ask their Ma what love is
C G C
I never knew just how to say
C C/B
That love is more than wine and roses
Am G
Quiet picnics in the park
Am
Holding hands and rubbing noses
C G C
Softly kissing in the dark