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If you were you
If you were you I used to know
I would have never minded nights
You take your thorny path and go
Into the arms of ocean's light.
I would accompany your step
And wait through snow and autumn dew
Until you sob out on my lap
And thank my heart for loving you.
If you were you my eyes have seen
I wouldn't bother counting days
That time has spread for me to glean
Awaiting you to turn your ways.
I would have waited on the porch
With apple cake and wild rose tea
For I would know your steps would lurch
And roads would bring you back to me.
I would have dared to face the strife
Against the beasts you're tired of,
But now, that you are gone for life,
You're not the you I used to love.
