i recall when life was sunny
and my future never cried
you were always near my smiling face
then the time came when love died
you left, i left, we forgot ourselves
everyone was quite the same
scrapbook thoughts let me remember you
but i felt i'd lost your name
tears were never shed
all i ever did was work
every day went by beyond my head
we had lied, you know we thought we knew
but i guess that we thought wrong
so you're dead and i got leprosy
that is why i end my song.
©1969 r.stevie moore
as appears on
on graycroft