One Step Two Step (for Patti)

 

I loved you so
Piled up all of my things on a length of cloth, tied with ribbon
Cleaned out a dive
We were owls on the town, we were old, we were wise, we were nineteen

We walked a beat
I had sung to, I had known you, for ever
Out in the street
You pulled me in, my eyes closing, took a picture

You were there for me
We shared everything
Then the silence came,
And we couldn't see

I loved you still
When he called me, you were sleeping, you were gone, going further
Each laboured breath
Kept me wakeful and I waited, I prayed, I was still

You were there for him
Then you wrote your tales
And the music came,
And we all stood still

I've loved you both
For these pages, for the painting, of a life lived in the lights
Wrote you this song
So to tell you, to thank you, so you'd know