I loved you in the morning, our kisses deep and warm, your hair upon the pillow like a sleepy golden storm.

Yes, many loved before us, I know that we are not new, in city and in forest they smiled like me and you.

But let's not talk of love or chains and things we can't untie.

Your eyes are soft with sorrow,

Hey, that's no way to say goodbye.

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