One Night

One night you were a princess in a town that knows its age
We sat and watched the music and the colors on the stage
We leaned and swayed together humming one another’s tune
You fell asleep upon me like you could cure all my wounds,
Like you cure all my wounds

One night you were a princess and if felt like I should note
Each moment that we had there like they were poems that we wrote
So that we could recite them in some other time and place
These memories will warm you like a burning star in space,
When you’re feeling lost in space

That night when you were a princess I think I do recall
The dress you wore was storybook, a Cinderella at the ball
We went outside for quiet, you took off your shoes
You ran like you were freedom, and I kept up like I do I did the best that I could do

Oh will I lose you in the end
I don’t think I could bear that baby
And Oh, I will lose you in the end
Someday you’re gonna leave

That night you were a princess if nothing else is true
That fairytale was one we had it was me and it was you
Some evenings feel like windows where we tip our hats beyond
All the failures that afflict us to the dusk that feeds the dawn,
we praise the dusk that feeds the dawn

One night you were a princess in a town that knows its age
We sat and watched the music and the color on the stage
We leaned and swayed together humming one another’s tune
You fell asleep upon me like you could cure all my wounds,
Like you cure all my wounds