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A romantic lyric when love was more innocent and wine & roses was common. :)

Gone are the days of innocent smiles
The cries of our child silently sleeping
Knowing you, within my arms
Listening to open roads outside our window
I sang to you a lullabye
Love was a rose in the morning sun
Goodnight my love, I said
Goodnight my someone
Dew trickled down the pane in small doses
And my guitar played
It was a day for wine & roses.

Diamond studded dreams above my head
You resting silently still, by my side
Watching seagulls chasing rainbows
Dove tail flies of ribbons so bold.
Upon a hillside lanterns lit the moon and a star
On the wings of a summer night
A field of reeds softly played with a breeze
We danced to a daffodil band
They played the day of wine & roses.

Now the morning's come and gain
Hard blows a wind where sands have passed by
Barren is the night I held you tight
Our skin underneath a soft blanket
Tears on your pillow, I kiss them away
A love once sure drying on a vine
All of my songs have run out of rhymes.
It was a day of wine & roses.

Still there's a word or phrase I search for
I gently pull you close, our grandchild down the hall
I whisper words that once made you mine.
You nudge to me ever closer
To share your dreams with me.
I hear a piano playing from across a field
It was a day for wine & roses.