I SAWYOU LOOK UP

I saw you look up into my window

As you were walking by

You didn't see me standing in the shadows

Still you looked me, right in the eye

You looked at me, the way that you used to

When we wiled away the hours just as two

We looked deep into each others eyes

But only I knew

For a moment I felt we were united

Time and distance were erased

But if I'd walked out from the shadows

You'd have worn a different color on your face

But you looked at me the way that you used too

Before the pain and sorrow that we knew

We looked deep into each other's eyes

But you looked right on through

This old house is just an empty shell

In my body there's no soul to dwell

Is that my ghost or my shadowI can't tell

Only you knew me that well

Mind alert and body able

etherized without a table

Caffeine first and codeine later

My hands won't shake when I hold the razor

These bad intentions on the road that I'm paving

Don't worry Ma, I'm only shaving

Wish I had the nerve, to follow through

If I did, I'd more than look at you

Like when you looked at me the way that you used to

Before pride and anger made us two

We looked deep into each others eyes

and we, we both knew

C. 1993 Matthew Lacques, Nearly Beloved Music, BMI