I Never Got To Know Her

And I remember her on the streets of New York City

As I walked the night needing some place warm to go

As she passed I said: Hey there's snowflakes on your lashes

And she laughed and said: That isn't snow

She said: They're feathers from a pillow God is shaking in the sky

And she opened smiling lips to catch a snowflake blowing by

And we both began to laugh and then I looked into her eyes

And it was warm again

But

I never got to know her very well

All we did was spend a little time

You're waiting for a story but there's really none to tell

She's just a passing shadow on my mind

But I remember her as we woke up warm together

In her sunlit room, and she said: I'll help you pack

And she sewed my shirt and I said: I'll stay forever

But she laughed and put some cookies in my sack

And she said: Leave a trail of cookie crumbs as you walk through the snow

And someday I'll follow after and I'll find you where you go

And I left her in her doorway but why I'll never know

But I was younger then

So

I never got to know her very well

All we did was spend a little time

You're waiting for a story but there's really none to tell

She's just a passing shadow on my mind

Oh, you're waiting for a story but there's really none to tell