Anyway

“Anyway”

I think I should have kissed her

Although she would not let me

I think I should have kissed her

In courage and despite me

I think I should have kissed her

Beneath the full moon night

I think I should have kissed her

And held her waist softly, tight

A friend I did make

Patiently under the burning sun

Saying things I shouldn’t

The type that cannot be undone

But her hair gently curled

About my imaginary fingers

And her whimsy and her charm

In my heart they still linger

I think I should have kissed her

Although she would not let me

I think I should have kissed her

So gently and politely

I think I should have kissed her

Her lips an Angel’s blush

I think I should have kissed her

My heart slows…now hush

A fine Latina dancer

With whom I tried to keep

The pace of the song

That stems the coming sleep

Her moves of drums and water

Gracefully they flowed

And while my feet eagerly followed

My shoulders were too slow

I think I should have kissed her

Although she would not let me

I think I should have kissed her

The sun’s cinnamon envy

I think I should have kissed her

Under that Arizona sky

I think I should have kissed her

Before I said goodbye

Now – Sometimes I couldn’t hear

And sometimes I could not speak

Sometimes I was bold and brash

And at others, proper, even meek

But carefully she propped me up

And stood me on my feet

Then with smiling honesty

She sent me to the street

I think I should have kissed her

Although she would not let me

I think I should have kissed her

That’s what my soul tries to tell me

I think I should have kissed her

Now a million miles away

I think I should have kissed her

But I didn’t – Anyway

July 2005