BEAUTIFUL STRANGER

When I think how

I knew you like the back of my hand

I second-guessed everything you’d have planned

And now it’s all in the past

Not that we thought it would last

But that’s the imminent danger

Of knowing you, Beautiful Stranger.

When I think how

We were listening to the same music lately

And creating some of our own, sedately

And now, we’re quite out of tune

The sun is too bright for the moon

But that’s the imminent danger

Of knowing you, Beautiful Stranger.

When I think how

We pulled through days filled with woefuls

And smiled through them all with our hopefuls

And now, we’re not seeing any rainbows

Barely are we even in the same flow

But that’s the imminent danger

Of knowing you, Beautiful Stranger.

When I think how

We created a whole new dictionary

One that was sweet, funnily visionary

And now, these words, they seem staccato

And conversations run on Mode Auto

But that’s the imminent danger

Of knowing you, Beautiful Stranger.