I wish I had I wish I had Learned your name But I couldn't read I couldn't speak Ah nobody taught me Met you when you were full of lemonade You strode boldly In bold clothes Covered the fear Spent four years inside you Day upon day You pushed colors and borders Lit by my gaze Oh the photograph The last gasp on steps at the end Just a tiny glance
All I ask Amidst all this tension The old man visits every day It's barely a love affair He may love me But I do not love him Can I move to where you move Dash down the stream You threw the greed that I gave you For all you gave me You've demolished my heart Whichever room it lived in Oh I wish I had, I wish I had I wish I had learned your name