It All Fades Away

An unfinished conversation

In a picture of the past,

Like the one that I just found of you,

Among many that I had.

I remember I saw you laughing

With my camera close at hand,

We were minutes from a quarrel

And forever from understanding.

You were just a bit excited

and a little more displeased,

How you hated candid pictures

When I took them just to tease.

Then you told me I was crazy,

I said I was born that way,

And we must have said those same two lines

Twenty times a day.

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Now, I'd swear you don't remember why we parted,

Just like I cannot remember why we loved.

Ain't it funny how the past

Takes the better memories last

'Cause the pain fades away, it all fades away.

An unfinished conversation

That I'd somehow like to end,

If I just knew where to find you

Or where a letter could be sent.

But I know I'd not be welcome,

I know you'd nearly die;

All conversations fade away

When the love-light leaves the eye.

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