Invisible Boyfriend

In the back of the dimly lit room

Stands a woman alone or so you'd assume

But there to her right, all through the night

Stands her invisible boyfriend.

I watch her turn and then smile at the air

Half way expectin' to see him right there

And when he's not her face just drops

Meet the invisible boyfriend.

The man of her dreams has returned to her dreams

But she's by herself or so it would seem

To a casual observer like I am.

Ask her a question, she'll answer in kind

But all would agree she's got more on her mind

Look in her eyes, watch how she tries

To hold herself back from cryin'.

Left with a memory and time on her hands

Left to a lifetime of unfinished plans

Left all alone by the one very man

Who would never have left her alone.

Sometimes I think I can see him myself

With his arms wrapped around her with picture of health

Grinnin' at her just as they were

Before the impossible happened.

The man of her dreams has returned to her dreams

But she's by herself or so it would seem

To a casual observer like I am.

But all that I know is the pain's multiplied

By the days and the weeks and the months since he died

She starts to leave and there by her side

Goes the invisible boyfriend.

God, I wish I had known him

He's the invisible boyfriend.