LIKE I HOLD YOU NOW


We walked the beach at low tide.
You held a shell up to your ear.
You said it spoke in whispers
I pretended I could hear.

Oh, the times we had...
Oh, the times we had.

We watched the sun set in the ocean
Like a candle washing out.
Sleepy mentions of forever.
There was never any doubt.

Oh, the times we had...
Oh the times we had,

And I hold them now
(And I hold them now)
Like I hold you now
(Like I hold you now)
In my dreams

We danced under moonlight.
Wind spun your hair into a stream.
And, speaking of mirages,
Nothing's ever what it seems.

But I hold those times
Like I hold you now
In my dreams

copyright 2015 by Will Hayes

Thanks, Johnny Mercer.  My Huckleberry friend.