Lyrics

[Verse 1] Ten years ago I was just sixteen I had a sweetheart and everything But I said goodbye and went on a spree I told my sweetheart to wait for me [Chorus] Goodbye my true love I'll see you next spring I will be home when the grass turns green [Verse 2] I took a trip down to New Orleans Down the Mississippi on the Island Queen I took a boat and went out to sea I wrote my sweetheart to wait for me [Chorus] Goodbye my true love I've landed in Spain I won't be home when the grass turns green [Verse 3] I got around from Shanghai to Rome I never got around to going back home Time just slipped by while I had lots of fun One day I heard she had married someone [Chorus] Goodbye my true love I waited too late Ten years alone is a long time to wait [Verse 4] If you've got a true love don't leave her alone If you can't take her with you then you'd better stay at home I had a sweetheart and everything was fine Ten years to wait is a long long time [Outro] Goodbye my true love the fault is all mine Ten years to wait is a long, long time