Back When We Were Beautiful

I guess you had to be there She said you had to be She handed me a yellowed photograph And then said, see? This was my greatest love My one and only love And this is me Back when we were beautiful See I don't feel very different She said I know it's strange I guess I've gotten used to These little aches and pains But I still love to dance You know we used to dance But night away Back when we were beautiful Beautiful, yes I hated when they said I'm aging gracefully I fight it every day I guess they never see I don't like this at all What's happening to me? But I really love my grand kids She said they're sweet to hold They would have loved their grandpa Those awful jokes he told You know sometimes for a laugh The two of us would act Like we were old Back when we were beautiful Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful yes But I guess you had to be there --- Back When We Were Beautiful - Rodney Crowell and Emmylou Harris