Kathy Geisler Follow

Well I'll try and explain
Do you remember that day in Paris
Oh when we wandered through the rain

Promised to each other
That we'd always think the same
And dreamed that dream
To be two souls as one

And stopped just as the sun set
And waited for the night
Outside a glittering building
Of glittering glass and burning light

And in the road before us
Stood a weary greyish man
Who held a child upon his back
A small boy by the hand

Three of them were dressed in rags
And thinner than air
And all six eyes
stared fixedly on you

The father's eyes said "Beautiful
How beautiful you are"
Boy's eyes said "How beautiful
She shimmers like a star"

Child's eyes uttered nothing
But a mute and utter joy
Filled my heart with shame for us
At the way we are at the way we are

I turned to look at you
To read my thoughts upon your face
And gazed so deep into your eyes
So beautiful and strange

Until you spoke and showed me
Understanding is a dream
I hate these people staring
Make them go away from me

The father's eyes said "Beautiful
How beautiful you are"
Boy's eyes said "How beautiful
She glitters like a star"

The child's eyes uttered nothing
But quiet and utter joy
And stilled my heart with sadness
For the way we are, for the way we are
For the way we are

This is why I hate you
And how I understand
That no one ever knows or loves another
Or loves another

Well I'll try and explain
Do you remember that day in Paris