we'd dance arm in arm

no, i haven't learned

once you went away

but never returned

there was still the dog to walk

thinking that some day

we would meet to talk:

i'd find you near the neighbor's fence

waiting for me on the wooden bench

full of your usual charm

and we'd dance arm and arm

down the street laughing all the way

never at a loss of something new to say.

but exquisitely all that's been spoken

finds me suddenly heartbroken;

when i offered you my hand

you refused to understand.

no, i haven't learned

once you went away

but never returned

there was still the dog to walk

thinking that some day

we would meet to talk:

i'd find you near the neighbor's fence

waiting for me on the wooden bench

full of your usual charm

and we'd dance arm and arm

down the street laughing all the way

never at a loss of something new to say.