Fifty Years

She was there just like before
As if she'd never gone
Her skin still held that golden tan
Her blue eyes young and strong

I wondered what she'd think of me
The way I look now
For how time has aged me
Can she still love me somehow?

In my dream she'd never wait
She'd walk right up to me
She whispers words that made me laugh
They help keep my sanity

Fifty long years I've had to wonder
Fifty long years I've had to wait
Since that fateful December
When she went away

She laughs and cries as she sees me
I know it's just a dream
But my heart just feels alive now
And I don't want to leave

She tells me our old stories
And as we dance she hums our song
And it seems as though the world is waiting
Like they know that soon she'll be gone

In my dreams she'd never wait
She's walk right up to me
She whispers words that make me laugh
They help keep my sanity

Fifty long years I've had to wonder
Fifty long years I've had to wait
Since that fateful December
When she went away

Has time finally decieded
That I'm forgiven after so long
Because still I have to question
Is it my fault that she's gone?

Why is it that she cries
When she knows that I must wake?
She's been waiting mere moments
While I wait every day

It's fifty years since I've seen her
And I guess time has finally come
To the decision that I don't need her
That I still have a family back home

But she will be my first love
And I'm sure she'll be my last
Since that night so long ago
I've been dreaming that she'd come back...