I Never Thought I'd Say This

After 20 years and 3,000 miles

I've finally found my home

And now I live in legends of

Days gone by

Amongst the crumbling

Glories of Rome

And now I find myself

Speaking in foreign tongues

Of future, love, and wedded bliss

Even though I swore

I'd never be among the ones

Who spoke of things like this

But now you're standing

Right in front of me

In all of your purity and grace

And though they all told me it would be this way

I have not the strength to face that

Somehow after all who came before

I still believe in true love

And if you kiss my forehead

One more time

I think I'll have to marry you

So we've got a year

In which to tell this tale

Of a love that could not be

And harsh reality is more

On my trail

With every passing week

And oh my love

Have you heard of little Italy'

It's in the city where I thrive

We could find humble refuge there

And keep this love alive

But somewhere in between

Lies Ireland

Sown with my roots

And your dreams

And we'd let the great green swallow us so willingly

So willingly because

Somehow after all who came before

I still believe in true love

And if you kiss my forehead

One more time

I think I'll have to marry you

Do you remember that perfect day'

It was that once-in-a-lifetime kind

We didn't even care

When the old man walked by

And heaven was that hillside

You know it's strange

But I can see us

When we're old and gray

But happy with our lives

We'll interrupt our talk of Sascha

With shared contented sighs

But who are you to make me

Think these thoughts'

You know this isn't like me

It goes against all

That I've been taught

But I'll try hard

And I'll try hard

And I'll try hard

To let it be

Somehow after all who came before

I still believe in true love

And if you kiss my forehead

One more time

I think I'll have to marry you