You ask how much I need you

Must I explain?

I need you, oh my darling, like roses need rain

You ask how long I'll love you

I'll tell you true

Until the twelfth of never

I'll still be loving you



You ask me where I'm going

Just take my hand

My darling, I'll be showing you a promised land

A land where we'll be lovers forever more

Or until the twelfth of never

Of that you can be sure



Hold me close

Never let me go

Hold me close

Melt my heart like April snow



I'll love you 'til the blue bells forget to bloom

I'll love you 'til the clover has lost its perfume

I'll love you 'til the poets run out of rhyme

Until the twelfth of never

And that's a long, long time



(I do love how you love me

I do)

Oh, I love you

(I promise to be faithful)

I promise you

I'll love you 'til the poets run out of rhyme

Until the twelfth of never

And that's a long, long time