I'm sitting here and thinking
Waiting by the telephone
Wondering if you're going to call me
Silent, waiting all alone

By the candlelight that's burning
On the table, by the stair
I see a picture of you smiling
Golden sunlight in your hair

And now the memories haunt me
As I stare into that face
And I know that you can't call
My heart's in pieces, what a waste

The candle's burning lower now
The hours creep on past
I guess I should have known back then
That our love wouldn't last

I take the pieces of my heart
From all my shattered dreams
The tears roll slowly down my cheek
Concealing silent screams

I want to call you on the phone
To say my love is true
But, ten thousand miles away
There's nothing I can do

I listen to the radio
I sit and reminisce
Remembering those happy days
Of youthful love I miss

I pour myself another drink
I hear our favorite song
I open a new bottle
I discard it, drunk and gone

I wonder why I left you
Why I felt the need to rush
But it's too late to wonder, now
I've left my own heart crushed

I felt I had to run away
Away from all my fears
I sacrificed our love
To end up drowning in my tears

The candle's burning lower still
It's melting all away
The wax lies in a puddle
At the bottom of the tray

You're looking for a new love
That I hope you will not find
For our love is like the candle
If it melts away, I'm blind

I need your love to guide me
Through the darkness of my fears
I need your smile to warm my heart
To dry away my tears

I'm tired of being trapped inside
Inside my empty heart
I need your love and warming smile
To brighten up the dark

I cannot make you promises
Nor, I know, can you
But, sweetheart, I will swear to you
My love for you is true

If you must...blow out the candle
Please don't let it melt away
And hopefully there'll be enough
To light another day

 

For: Diane Tucker
October 16, 1988