You Didn’t Know Me

I thought our love was eternal

I thought our love was forever

then I had a dream

where you no longer knew me

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you told me –

that you’d recognize me

if I was a blooming flower

or a graceful tree

or a crystal clear refrain

from a beloved song of long ago

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I was a blooming flower

you didn’t notice my beauty

I was a graceful tree

you just kept on walking by

I was a crystal clear refrain

but you no longer knew the words

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Would you perhaps recognize me

as a different blooming flower?

as another graceful tree?

as a crystal clear refrain of a new song?

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I became a chrysanthemum

you were searching for a rose

I was an apple tree

you were gazing at a birch

I was a sweet old song

you heard a pulsating beat

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you made me into a wilting daisy

a sad and weary oak tree

an old-fashioned love song

and left me behind

as you went on your way

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How will you recognize me

when in my dream you don’t even know me?