I once knew a woman 
And she loved only me 
And she knew how to touch me, 
And how to turn to me 
She knew how to kiss, 
and she knew just what to whisper 
No need to explain how I felt about her 

And her it was brown, 
So soft brown in the sun 
You could blow it away, 
When she took it down undone 
So fresh light and clean, 
Like a snow'on a flower 
No need to explain the way I still feel about her 

Her ribbons and her lace, 
we shared in her room 
I remember them well, 
On those long afternoons 
And her words falling softly, 
just like a warm summer shower 
No need to explain the way I feel about her 

Soon the hayfields are ripen 
Soon the berries will show 
And they will fade into autumn, 
And lie under the snow 
Some years among many, 
Give so much to remember 
There's no need to explain the way I feel about her