9. Lonely Night

(Inspired by Roxette’s Spending My Time)

Another night — I can’t sleep, you’re not here.
I take a book but I can’t see a word.
It rains outside, but I still think of you, dear,
For, I think, our hearts do accord.

I’d like to think that for me you do care,
That in your life I play the leading part.
Living ‘thout you will be a terrible nightmare,
And such an outlook gives me a start.

All I can do when you aren’t next to me
Is lie on bed, and doing nothing, girl.
Tomorrow I’ll meet you, assuredly,
But now I’m staring at the wall.

Have a lonely night,
I cannot fall asleep.
What to blame is love,
Of it there’s no doubt.
This thought may seem strange,
But what can I change?
I’ve a lonely night.

What will I do if I lose you forever?
Because of these thoughts I can’t take a rest.
What will I do after our being severed?
If far away from you I will be cast?

Try watching TV — the color spots ‘fore my eyes.
Oh, love’s turned me into a kind of fool.
I cannot sleep, and, waiting for the sun to rise,
Whisper, “Babe, don’t be so cruel.”

Another dawn, another night is over.
I don’t think I can suffer one more night.
Where are you, my always-vanishing lover?
Come to make my life bright.

April ‘95, 22.03.97, 29.10.98