THE PARK Copyright 1999.   THE GRASS IN THE PARK SEEMS LESS GREENER NOW FLOWERS IN THE BORDERS LESS ATTRACTIVE SOMEHOW I HEAR CHILDREN'S LAUGHTER, I SEE THEM PLAY MUFFLED AND DISTANT. IT ALL SEEMS FAR AWAY.   AS IF IN SLOW MOTION THE PARK SPINS AROUND ALL SEEMS DISTORTED, I FEEL MY HEART POUND THE SUN BEHIND TREES CAST SHADOWS SO GREY PERHAPS IT WAS FOOLISH TO COME HERE TODAY   IT WAS HERE YOU AND I STROLLED HAND IN HAND WE SHELTERED FROM RAIN IN THAT OLD BANDSTAND AND THAT FOUNTAIN OVER THERE WITH THE LIONS HEAD THE WATER FOR DRINKING BUT YOU DRENCHED ME INSTEAD   REMEMBER YOU PROPOSED BY THAT OLD IRON GATE THE ONE OVER THERE WITH THE RUSTY NAME PLATE THAT OLD LADY CAUGHT US KISSING AS SHE PASSED BY OH, I'VE BEEN THERE TOO SHE LAUGHED WINKING HER EYE   IT WAS UNDER THAT OAK TREE WE PICNICKED REMEMBER ? WE GOT SOME STRANGE LOOKS, MIND IT WAS IN DECEMBER BUT WE JUST DIDN'T CARE NOT YOU AND I WE WERE YOUNG AND IN LOVE NOT A CLOUD IN THE SKY   OH THOSE TIMES WERE SO GOOD AND I MISS YOU SO ALL THOSE WONDERFUL YEARS WHERE DID THEY GO HEY! LOOK OVER THERE THAT COUPLE DO YOU SEE ? WHY! THEY REMIND ME A LOT OF YOU AND ME   LOOK THEY ARE HOLDING HANDS JUST LIKE WE USED TO DO AND YOU KNOW, HE DOES LOOK AN AWFUL LOT LIKE YOU AND THAT GIRL SO PRETTY WITH HER LONG GOLDEN HAIR THEY MAKE SUCH A WONDERFUL HANDSOME PAIR.   THEY ARE BY OUR FOUNTAIN, YES HE IS JUST LIKE YOU HE HAS DRENCHED THE POOR GIRL JUST AS YOU USED TO DO NOW THEY ARE STROLLING AGAIN AND HE IS HOLDING HER HAND WAIT A MINUTE THEY'VE STOPPED, AT OUR OLD BANDSTAND   THEY ARE LAUGHING AND DANCING WHAT A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT EVERYTHING IN THEIR WORLD IS ROSY AND BRIGHT JUST AS IN OURS WHEN YOU WERE STILL HERE EXCUSE ME... WOULD YOU CARE TO DANCE MY DEAR ?   WE ARE LAUGHING AND DANCING YOU ARE HOLDING ME TIGHT TWO SILHOUETTES SWAY IN THE GLORIOUS SUNLIGHT CHILDREN'S LAUGHTER RINGS OUT LOUD AND SWEET THE GREENEST GRASS CARPET UNDER OUR FEET   HE BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS THEIR SCENT FILLS THE AIR I MUST HAVE BEEN BLIND THEY WERE ALWAYS THERE BUT I WAS SEARCHING FOR YOU NOTHING ELSE COULD I SEE NOW I KNOW WHERE TO LOOK, I KNOW WHERE YOU'LL BE   YOU'LL BE HERE IN THE PARK WHERE THE SHADOWS RUN FREE HERE IN THE PARK YOU'LL BE WAITING FOR ME WHEN I NEED YOU TO HOLD ME AND KISS ME AGAIN ILL COME BACK TO THE PARK AND WHISPER YOUR NAME   I PASSED THE YOUNG COUPLE AS I LEFT THAT DAY THEY WERE KISSING AND CUDDLING WHEN I LOOKED THEIR WAY THE YOUNG GIRL ALL EMBARRASSED, HER CHEEKS TURNING PINK OH, I'VE BEEN THERE TOO I SAID AS I GAVE HER A WINK.   Back