Saturday, February 7, 2009

she was beautiful to him...

He Thought He Knew What Love Was

Their first touch at seventeen was in the park
And the moon was full
She was beautiful to him
And her hair was long and her eyes were blue
And her skin was warm
And she turned to him
And he thought he knew what love was.

Another touch at twenty-two on their wedding night
And the stars were bright
She was beautiful to him
And her hair smelled sweet and her lips were full
And her skin was warm
And she turned to him
And he thought he knew what love was.

And then again at twenty-five when the baby came
And the sun was high
She was beautiful to him
And her hair was damp and her fingers shook
And her skin was warm
And she turned to him
And he thought he knew what love was.

Later on at fifty-four sitting on the porch
All the children gone
She was beautiful to him
And her hair was gray and her forehead lined
And her skin was warm
And she turned to him
And he thought he knew what love was.

Their last touch at eighty-five was by her bed
And the moon was full
She was beautiful to him
And her hair was thin and her eyes were closed
And her skin was cold
And she turned to him
And he knew that he knew what love was.

After sixty eight years of laughter and tears
He knew that he knew what love was.

1 comment:

Doreen Sorensen said...

I to love this song. However I cannot find who sings it or what CD it can be found on. You mentioned EFY and I went through all of those, (I think) Help please. My husband left for Iraq 2 months ago and before he left this became our song. When I typed in the words to the song your blog is about the only thing that came up.

Desperte Doreen

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