Suspended Disbelief

Lyrical selections from the 1990s

King Street

Never before have I been held
by the gentle hands of an angel,
never saw the sun
as it rises in the morning,
I only saw your eyes
and in them, the world
as it might have been if you were still with me,
it’s just not living without you.

I remember us reading Edgar Allan Poe,
by candle light, we’d just made love
and I remember us listening to Chopin’s Polonaise
but those days seem so far away now.

I walk down King Street,
past the bar where’d you’d always go
and through the window,
I picture you there
and you’re smiling for him
and I can’t help but feel
that I was just a toy to you,
something to keep you amused
until something better came along.

I remember us walking down the street
with a bottle of wine, we were holding hands
and underneath the cold winter sun,
I was always warm in your embrace.

Maybe it’s all my fault,
I know I was such a fool
but I’ll ask you now, please forgive me
I didn’t mean to be cruel to you.

In the night I lay awake
and I can still feel you beside me
but when I reach out to hold you
I know that you’re not there
and every day
the tears still come falling from my eyes,
on bended knees,
I’m begging you please,
please come back to me.

© 1994 Winterwind Music