i loved the ground she walked upon and the air she would softly breathe the feather touch of her gentle lips that only a fool would leave that only a fool would leave but we tasted forbidden wine though i loved the ground she walked upon i could never have made her mine the swallows fly all along the canal and i watch with a heavy heart in dizzy spins they dive and wheel touch wings and then depart touch wings and then depart as the summer fades away though i loved the ground she walked upon i knew that i could not stay the swallow is a summer s child and she flies before the cold though i loved the ground she walked upon she was not mine to hold she was not mine to hold but it was easy to pretend though i loved the ground she walked upon a summer has to end a summer has to end