Always

Track #8 of With These Songs We Wed

Irving Berlin wrote this song and published it in 1925. Now in the public domain, it has been used at weddings for many years and has also been recorded by a wide variety of artists, including Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Peggy Lee, Bing Crosby, Patsy Cline, Tony Bennett, Leonard Cohen, Billy Corgan, Phil Collins, and Paul McCartney.

Ev’rything went wrong,
And the whole day long
I’d feel so blue.
For the longest while
I’d forget to smile.
Then I met you.
Now that my blue days have passed,
Now that I’ve found you at last—

I’ll be loving you, always
with a love that’s true, always.
When the things you’ve planned
need a helping hand,
I will understand always,
Always.

Days may not be fair, always.
That’s when I’ll be there, always,
not for just an hour,
not for just a day,
not for just a year,
But always.

Dreams will all come true,
growing old with you,
and time will fly,
caring each day more
than the day before,
till spring rolls by.
Then when the springtime has gone,
then will my love linger on.

I’ll be loving you, always
with a love that’s true, always.
When the things you’ve planned
need a helping hand,
I will understand always,
Always.

Days may not be fair, always.
That’s when I’ll be there, always,
not for just an hour,
not for just a day,
not for just a year,
But always.