Jazz In the Morning
Your tousled hair, your sleepy eyes
Imprinted on my teenage mind.
I fell in love, I wish you had
I’ve tried so hard to leave you behind.
We’ve never synchronized the time
So we could be together
Then life and distance got in the way
Of our “Happily Ever After.”
I finally realized it wasn’t time
It wasn’t life or distance.
I had fallen in love with someone
Who wasn’t in love with me.
Just when I think I’m over you
My pulse will race, my breath will catch, on
A shirt the color of your eyes, or
A song we heard while driving by.
Instead of being filled with you
I cannot escape this
Unrelenting longing chased by
Regrets that fill me in the night.
Even though I’ll never get back
The part of my heart that is yours,
You can never take away the time we spent
Or your touch, or your kiss, or the tears.
Years have passed, it’s obvious
We’ll never be together.
I’m happy now, my life is good
I hope you’re well wherever.
I’ll go my way and find another, but
I’ll always think of you
Whenever I hear jazz in the morning
Or see the lights of Santa Fe.
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