When The Laughter Is Over - Swing Out Sister

We were walking hand in hand

Walking barefoot in the sand

And this empty-headed world all seems so far away

We thought time was on our side

As we raced against the tide

And summer was an endless game the two of us could play

But when all the laughter is over

I’ll be the fool you left behind

When all we had was a moment lost in the echoes of my mind

Was it ever meant to last?

Why did summer go so fast

And all those childish games we used to play belonged to yesterday

Dreams that slipped tight through our hands

Fade like footprints in the sand

And the castles that we made have all been washed away

But when all the laughter is over

I’ll be the fool you left behind

When all we had was a moment lost in the echoes of my mind