Sarah Brightman -- First of May
When I was small, and Christmas trees were tall,
we used to love while others used to play.
Don't ask me why, but time has passed us by,
someone else moved in from far away.
Now we are tall, and Christmas trees are small,
and you don't ask the time of day.
But you and I, our love will never die,
but guess who'll cry come first of May.
The apple tree that grew for you and me,
I watched the apples falling one by one.
And as I recall the moment of them all,
the day I kissed your cheek and you were gone.
Now we are tall, and Christmas trees are small,
and you don't ask the time of day.
But you and I, our love will never die,
but guess who'll cry come first of May.
When I was small, and Christmas trees were tall,
do do do do do do do do do ...
Don't ask me why, but time has passed us by,
someone else moved in from far away.
Music and lyrics: Barry, Maurice, and Robin Gibb (Bee Gees)
From: Eden -- the single (1999) and at the concert of Sarah's One night in Eden
World Tour (see the programme).
Sarah also sang this song at A Gala Christmas in Vienna (1997); on the CD (1998)
of that concert there are a live and a studio version; the latter is also on the
Eden-single.
Also from: La Luna (2000), which is the version record live at the Superbowl in
Sun City during the One night in Eden World Tour.
There seems to be a small difference in the lyrics, namely in the last line of
the third stanza: "the day I kissed your cheek and you were [gone/mine]":
in the studio version Sarah seems to sing "... gone", but I am not sure of
this: it could be "... mine";
in the live version of the "La Luna"-CD Sarah definitely sings "... gone";
in the live version of the Vienna-CD Sarah sings the whole line different:
"the day you kissed my cheek and you were mine" [or perhaps also "...
gone"???].
The lyrics I found (see below) had "... mine" but Kat Lai (civchick@yahoo.com)
informed me that the very original from the Bee Gees has "... gone".
Source of the lyrics: page by Ben Hwong [which seems to have vanished from the
Web], with some small corrections by me and Carlos Pineda.
With special thanks to Becky Wilson.
Carlos added that the song was recorded by the Bee Gees in August 1968, released
as single in February 1969 and on the album "Odessa" in MArch 1969.
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