If I Could See You Now

If I could see you now
Your eyes lit up like daytime candles
Shining in my Knoxwood night.
If I could hear you now
Spilling laughter  like silver bangles
Flooding my world with light.
If I could hold you now
And feel the pillow of your breast
Inviting my heart to stay
O, but I in sorrow now
Am so sorry and must confess
I am only mortal clay
And when this music plays again
Memories move me to pain
For you are gone and hope is vain
This song is just a chain.

I had no wish to wander,
Love, so long in the wind, drowning
In my tears, looking back
To days that never come again
And if you are still tender
With forgiving, when you are remembering
Blame fate that switched track
But could not break the chain.



Tom Jans wrote "Lying in your loving arms again." The only persons I have ever heard sing 
this song is Elvis Presley and Kris Kristoferson ...
Copyright © | Year Posted 2009

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Gorelick Avatar
July 19, 2009 at 11:46 AM
Ok, Im tearing up..this is so deserving of a win. Somehow i missed it in the first go-round. BG
Winter Avatar
July 19, 2009 at 8:41 AM
Congratulations on a most excellent win! Love, Shar
Richards Avatar
July 19, 2009 at 7:50 AM
Wonderful choice of a song...and a wonderful poem! Well done! Congratulations on your win! ~ Carrie
Goff Avatar
July 19, 2009 at 6:55 AM
really beautiful! David! congrats on your 3rd. place finish in the contest!! jim
Ahmad Avatar
June 21, 2009 at 8:26 AM
Wow! What a lovely work..."Memories move me to pain..." This is excellent!!!
Goff Avatar
June 12, 2009 at 3:11 AM
David, this is such a beautiful lyric, great work! Jim
Chircop Avatar
June 8, 2009 at 2:42 PM
this is grand--beautiful romantic,passionate,heartfelt nostalgia,creative mixed emotions-a brilliant write and going to my favs--:this poem made me remember--if we could turn back time...and yes even "lying in your loving arms again"is awesome--charma
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