Once, a long, long time ago
I fell in love with you
And when I looked into your eyes
I knew you loved me too

Maybe you just weren't the one
And I was not for you
Maybe we were both to young
To know just what to do

Now you're gone, and with you went
A small piece of my heart
The love we shared became too weak
And it just fell apart

Separate lives we both must live
You with yours, and I with mine
My love for you will still go on
Until the end of time

Now it's late, too late for love
We've both run out of chances
Your face lives on within my dreams
Recalling our romances

We both have loved, we both have lost
And now we're both paying the cost
We both have laughed, we both have cried
And, through our tears, we've said goodbye

From teardrop streams to flowing rivers
Rivers to lakes, and lakes to oceans
I once loved you, now you're gone
I'm lost in my emotions

Nowhere to go, and no one to turn to
Our love has left us high and dry
You're with him and I'm with her
We wonder why we said goodbye

Now we try to be good friends
We both just carry on
How much longer should we pretend
Before our love is really gone?

 

For: Lydia Chan
January 1985