As The Years Go By

A child asks his mother, do you love me And it really means, will you protect me His mother answers him, I love you And it really means, you've been a good boy And as the years go by True love will never die At seventeen a girl says, do you love me And it really means, will you respect me The teenage boy answers, I love you But it really means, can I make love to you And as the years go by True love will never die I will love you forever I will love you forever At sixty-five his wife says, do you love me And it means, I'd like to hear it again Her husband says to her, I love you But it really means, I love you till the end And as the years go by True love will never die Now you're asking me if I love you And it really means will I marry you And I answer, yes I love you But it really means that I won't be untrue And as the years go by True love will never die I will love you forever I will love you forever