Sunday, 11 August 2019

THE SADDEST WORDS...

                                         

                                            Three friends were sitting at the bar,
                                            by late hour undeterred,
                                            "Tell me, my friends," says I, "what are
                                            the saddest words you've heard?"

                                            "Could they be 'we are closed'," says one,
                                            "while trying to buy a drink?"
                                            "Or how about 'we're dry', my son,"
                                             says t'other with a wink.

                                             "But no," says I, "the saddest sound
                                             that you will ever hear,
                                             is two words very often bound
                                             with thoughts of one held dear."

                                             "See, once I loved a girl so fair -
                                             (in fact I love her yet),
                                             with love that was beyond compare.
                                             though seasoned with regret."

                                             "She loved a better man than I,
                                             saw me as 'just a friend'.
                                             She never knew each night I'd cry,
                                             so I had to pretend."

                                             "Yes, pretend that she meant nothing,
                                             and didn't hold my heart.
                                             But lads, the strain of bluffing
                                             almost tore me apart."

                                             "We've all been down that road I'm sure,
                                             that well-worn travelled track,
                                             where we've no choice but to endure
                                             someone not loving back."

                                             "Ah, if only she had loved me,
                                             if only she had dared;
                                             if only she had wanted me -
                                             if only she had cared."

                                             "If only she had needed me,
                                             as I need her - like air.
                                             If only she had longed for me,
                                             I wouldn't know despair."

                                             "Another time, another place,
                                             who knows what might've been?
                                             The look of love upon her face
                                             is what I might've seen."

                                             "Despite my heartache I'll be brave,
                                             though no fate's worse than this -
                                             to trudge through life towards the grave
                                             and never know her kiss."

                                             "The saddest words you'll ever hear
                                             (the anthem of the lonely),
                                             come with a sigh and oft a tear -
                                             two whispered words... 'if only'."

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