A Summer Wind, A Cotton Dress - Richard Shindell

I was hers and you were his

The night we met out on that bridge

You knew then what I know now

That love put down comes back some how

The comet came, the comet went

And hid its face in the firmament

I looked once and then turned away

When I looked again it was much too late

A summer wind, a cotton dress

This is how I remember you best

A glance held long and a stolen kiss

This is how I remember you best

The fool I was is the fool I am

I’ve got a wife, I’m a family man

But when I lay in our bed

I sometimes dream I’m holding you instead

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The kids are fine

They’re six and nine

I think you’d probably like my wife

But the kitchen light seems much too bright

For what I find myself thinking tonight

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