Verse We went out one evenin', my darlin' and I She seemed so different and I wondered why We stopped at a tavern and there I could see That she loved another one better than me The band was playin' an old fashioned waltz The dance floor was crowded and I wasn't long When up stepped a stranger, I never had seen He asked my darlin': "Will you dance with me? Bridge While they were dancin', I sat alone I knew I had lost her, the one I loved Lost to a stranger I never had seen The waltz they were playin' had ended my dream