Hummingbird

When I met her, she was just engaged I was only 23 She left right when I said, "Hello" I pursued her in my dreams And when I found the courage For to speak more than a word She was dressed in green and wild as night All like a hummingbird She stole my heart some more each day And she said, "You should be mine" We married in her father's house Beneath the autumn sky Blissfully, I watched her darting round and out of sight And I knew I couldn't hold on long These hands are much too tight Yes, she slips And there she slides Here she comes And there she flies She said she'd travel by my side Unless death should do us part It was in some crowded city street There stopped her beating heart So, gone before we made one year Like all good things, she passed She disappeared into the breeze And flew out for the last In these times of constant change I am holding on for you You're the one whose affections I still crave The one my world clings to And these words of mine escape my mouth And travel without bounds Up through the clouds and into space There run devotion's sounds You can hear them! Ooh, ooh, ooh Heey, ah Yes, she slips There she slides Here she comes And there she flies If I could be with her again I don't know what I would say But I'll always know her by her shape Between the night and day And she comes to me in glimpses now As fleeting as a word Flashes bright and disappears My darling, my darling hummingbird