One Last Time

We were strangers on the sidewalk, after all these years apart

You smiled and said hello, but it went straight through my heart

I could see the ring upon your hand, your new life shining bright

But old flames don’t die easy when they’re burning in the night

Back at work, your memory tore me down

The phone rang, and it was you on the other side of town

You said, “Meet me where the shadows know our names

One last time before I change my ways

I’m still walking down that aisle, but tonight you can be mine

Hold me close, just one last time.”

I walked the hall, the carpet echoed every step I made

Every memory came flooding back, every promise that we gave

The door swung wide, and there you stood with tears in your eyes

You whispered, “I wasn’t sure you’d come,” I said, “How could I not… it’s you.... my life.”

You said, “Meet me where the shadows know our names

One last time before I change my ways

I’m still walking down that aisle, but tonight you can be mine

Hold me close, just one last time.”

The morning will steal what the night couldn’t save

I’ll watch you belong to another man’s name

But here in your arms, I can still believe

That love like ours never truly leaves

So meet me where the shadows know our names

Even if tomorrow nothing’s changed

You’ll walk away forever, but tonight you’re still mine

I’ll remember your touch for the rest of my life…

Just one last time.