I saw you standing there
I saw you standing there
You were just seventeen, way beyond compare

Well, he was just seventeen
And you know what I mean
And the way he looked was way beyond compare

I'll never dance with another
When I saw him standing there

Well, he looked at me
And I, I could see that before too long
I'd fall in love with him

And he'd never dance with another
Another year and I'm still here
The grass just will not grow on this old hill
Still I just can't let it go, I don't believe it's 
'Cause I'm cold or partial to the crazy life I'm caught in

Sometimes I feel the hand of time
Moving like its body was broke 
It's then I miss your sighs
And the tender words you spoke 

Hey, that's okay, come on around and get yourself together
Won't you come on around and hold an old friend's hand 
Babe, I promise not to throw you
You don't have to stay, I just want to hold you
Won't you come on around and hold an old friend's hand

Another year is dead and gone
The sun don't want to shine on this old hill
Or anything that's mine 
I don't believe it hurts to grow
Even when the crop you sow is a failure

Sometimes I wish I had no pride 
I'd go off and sell my soul 
How do you say goodbye 
To the only truth you've known

Hey, that's okay, come on around and get yourself together
Won't you come on around and hold an old friend's hand 
Babe, I promise not to throw you
You don't have to stay, I just want to hold you
Won't you come on around and hold an old friend's hand

Oh babe, honey everybody makes mistakes 
We feel a lot of life that way 
Don't you think by now I know that?
Look it's brought us both back

Now while the leaves still dance on the wind
While the moon and the clouds start spinning
Will you whisper my name again?
Again and again, oh again

Hey, that's okay, come on around and get yourself together
Won't you come on around and hold an old friend's hand 
Around and round with you I've been
(Hold an old friend's)
Flat on the ground and up again
(Hold an old friend's hand)

Nobody knows for sure just when everything changes
When I saw him standing there

Well, my heart went boom
As I crossed the room
And I held his hand in mine

Whoa, we danced through the night
We held each other tight
And before too long I fell in love with me

And he'd never dance with another
When I saw him standing there

Well, my heart went boom
As I crossed the room 
And I held his hand in mine

Whoa, we danced through the night
We held each other tight
And before too long I fell in love with him

And he'd never dance with another
When I saw him standing there
I saw him standing there
Well, it seems I saw him standing there

I saw you standing there
I saw you standing there
You were just seventeen, way beyond compare

I saw you standing there
I saw you standing there
Don't ever dance, don't ever dance with another

Nobody, nobody, nobody