Heartbeat of the Words

There's a full moon in sight.

I've been out walking in

The cool October twilight.

As I rested on a park bench

An unexpected memory

Brought you back tonight.

I wonder how you have been

These years that separate us.

Now it seems

That I've forgotten more about you

Than I ever wanted to.

Still part of you remains

Sometimes I try to understand

What was right and what went wrong.

Did I try to take you places

Where you never did belong?

Did I try to tell you some things

That you never could have heard?

Did I ever really listen to

The Heartbeat of your words?

Like the moon and the stars

That I've been watching in

This clear October sky,

Your face is shining brightly

In my memory

It has kept me warm tonight.

So I'm thinking back in fondness

As I write this song for you.

It's a quiet confidential.

It's the best that I can do.

There's no meaning in the meter,

There's no answer in the chords,

But I hope that you'll find something in

The heartbeat of the words.