goodbye

Wednesday evening was cold
I was wrapped in your coat
Trying hard not to jinx you away
My impossible dream
Was beginning to seem
Like a miracle coming my way

And the bed stayed unmade
And the music we played
Would be filling the void in my heart
I’d be kissing your face
In a desperate race
With the end that was there from the start

Grey scarf, grey sky
Don’t let me cry
Two nights, a life
Gone by
Upon my lips
Your fingertips
Our first, our last
Goodbye

Get some sleep, you would say
But I’d will it away
For the sound of your heartbeat instead
Slice of lime, lots of ice
And the look in your eyes
And the taste of your last cigarette

You were driving away
Falling snow in the way
Of the miracle I was denied
Sweet unbearable lie
To be part of your life
To be held in your arms for two nights

Two nights and then
Just dreams again
Learn to pretend
Don’t cry
All in the past
Our first, our last
Grey scarf, grey sky
Goodbye