And I Never Got Over You and Me


I missed the last few class reunions,
You ve been to one, they re all the same;
I shut my eyes and see those yearbook faces
That silly heart you drew around my name.

Growing up for some means growing older
I ve traveled light, I ve traveled far
But out there on that lifetime highway
Sometimes you find exactly who you are:

And I never, never, never got over you and me.

Hate to see how you have changed, for God knows time
Has left its lines on me.
Growing old but still I can t outgrow remembering
What we said we d be, you and me.

I ve traveled continents and oceans,
I ve slept in palaces and cheap hotels,
I ve danced with ladies of a foreign language,
But all I ve really learned is what time tells:

And I never, never, never got over you and me.
02-04-84

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