Gave you a rose it was only a token but you have it still Pressed and dried in a book full of poetry Next to a candle on our windowsill When the long nights of winter descend Read to me once again and pretend There's a heady perfume And the rose is in bloom As the candle light dances our memories over the room
It wasn't a pose you were caught by the camera a look of surprise Showed me something that I'd never seen before Hidden beneath blue veneer of your eyes When the long nights of winter descend Look at me once again and pretend That the old photograph Comes to life in a flash And while moonlight is bathing my soul I can still hear you laugh
In a jar by the door from a second hand store There's a shell that you once gave to me I see you on a beach your almost within reach Dream so real I believe it to be When the letterbox rattles you free You were always a fond memory Junk mail washes away with the sea Bringing me back to reality
Gave you a rose it was only a token but you have it still Pressed and dried in a book full of poetry Next to a candle on our windowsill When the long nights of winter descend Read to me once again and pretend There's a heady perfume And the rose is in bloom As the candle light dances our memories over the room
Years will come and go Many tides will ebb and flow Only you and I will know