I Knew You When

In the ancient middle fifties, the closin' sixties roar

I was caught up in your passion

I could only beg for more

And if I had a dollar bill I'd give it to you then

So I could tell the whole wide world

One day I knew you when

With your dangerous charisma

Your thundering attack

You charged the very air I breathe

And kept me coming back

You helped me through my darkest hours

You always were my friend

You gave me hope to carry on

Because I knew you when

I knew you when the mountain tops were right beneath your feet

When artistry and freedom were complete

Before you were an icon, before they all too came

You could say I knew you when

We all sit here with out memories

Of a glorious long ago

When out hero's seems immortal

Were they really so

It's a question for a wiser man

I will not ask again

I will only say I'm grateful

For the time I knew you when

I knew you when (I knew you when)

Oh, I knew you when

I knew you when (I knew you when)

Yeah, I knew you when

I knew you when (I knew you when)

I knew you when (I knew you when)

Yeah, I knew you when