Past is Catching Up to Me

It was under a willow tree Five years ago in Louisville I danced with Daisy in my arms And time stood still It was clear she had her pick Of any man in uniform She kissed me And swore she'd never stray But then the world got in the way Fought a war Returned to see another fight in front me And now I must remind her Of the love we left behind Her words that night The vows she said back then I'll help her say again One party left to throw How could she say no? We'll go back To that kiss To that row of willow trees All the years that we missed Will blow away with the breeze They say you can't relive the past But you know what I see? Finally the past Is catching up to me Some will shudder at what I've done Or say that I have crossed a line I tell you, every lavish night Was by design I'd become the man her world Demanded me to be With only a nickel to my name I bet it all to get in the game I had a past to rectify Made that nickel multiply It took no time to love her Just to be worthy of her And though the years have passed us by One memory survives If she could see it, too But see it through my eyes We'll go back to that kiss To that row of willow-trees All the years that we missed Will blow away with the breeze They say you can't relive the past But you know what I see? Finally, the past is catching up to me Daisy always saw in me A man who knew his worth Now that man can give her everything on earth Money can't buy happiness No, sir But it brings you closer and closer And closer Take her back to that kiss To that row of willow trees All the years that we missed Will blow away with the breeze They say you can't relive the past But I know what I see And oh, finally the past Finally the past Finally the past (oh ah) Is catching up to me