As I Leave Again (Leaving)

(Richie Beirach / Judy Niemack)

I REMEMBER HOW YOU SMILED,

THAT SAD CAFÉ,

THE WAY YOU TOOK MY HAND AND PROMISED WE WOULD MEET SOMEDAY.

BUT TIME WAS SHORT AND PLANES WERE FAST,

AND DISTANCES BECAME SO VAST,

SOMETIMES I WONDER HOW OUR LOVE WOULD HAVE BEEN,

AS I LEAVE AGAIN.

YESTERDAY YOU CALLED TO SAY

YOU FOUND SOMEONE.

THE TIME HAD PAST FOR YOU TO WAIT FOR WHAT

WOULD NEVER COME,

BUT WHEN I HEARD YOU VOICE AGAIN

I STILL FELT ALL THE LOVE INSIDE;

SOMETIMES I WONDER WHAT OUR LIVES COULD HAVE BEEN,

AS I LEAVE AGAIN.

WAS IT JUST A SWEET ROMANCE

THAT COULDN’T LAST ?

WE DIDN’T THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE,

WE IGNORED THE PAST.

BUT IF I FIND THAT OLD CAFÉ,

THE PLACE WE SAID WE’D MEET SOMEDAY.

I’LL GO THERE, HOPING THAT I’ll FIND YOU AND THEN

NEVER LEAVE AGAIN.