Back When We Were Beautiful

I guess you had to be there, she said, you had to be She handed me a yellow 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 the night away Back when we were beautiful, beautiful, yeah I hate it when they say I'm aging gracefully I fight it everyday, I guess they never see I don't like this at all, what's happening to me To me But I really love my grandkids, 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, yeah But I guess you had to be there