I was halfway through my time on this earth When I got a strange feeling like I had at my birth Surrounded by strangers, crying in some room I felt myself at such a remove And I loved them all, but I couldn’t say how I just screamed a lot, and then I shut my mouth Ah in 1282, I saw you in the square You know I’d recognize you anywhere We didn’t say much, we didn’t have to I knew all my life that I’d be loving you And you married young, I never saw you again Not a day goes by I don’t think of it Oh, let me, let it go Let me let it die And let me, lеt it rise When you think it’s all gone That’s whеn it has begun Jesus came back like the prodigal son He said: Hold up, wait up, what’s going on? I never said nothing like that But they weren’t convinced And he said: I’ll be right back We saw him cutting across the lawn Then we ain’t seen him since Outside the first circle are the ones who didn’t try The first circle is where I’ve set my sights Talking to the poets, telling them your name They’ll laugh and say that I’ll never be the same They’ll say: Let’s have a toast to the one above! L-you-v we’re only talking about love Oh, let me, let it go Let me, let it die And let me, let it rise When you think it’s all gone That’s when it has begun