Right now I’m feeling so lonely
Though I’ve never felt closer to you
I thought I could hide
The pain that’s inside
But I just can’t take leaving you

No one
Can ever leave gently
There’s no harder word than goodbye
I wish I could say
What makes love stay
I wish I could tell you a lie
You’ve wrinkled my sheets forever
Your lips, they won’t wash from the glass
You’re more of a poem than I’ll ever write
Just hold me forever tonight
Hold me forever tonight

Promise
You’ll never forget me
Or the hours I spent in your care
I may not hold the warmth of your hand
But the love in my heart will be there

You’ve wrinkled my sheets forever
Your lips they won’t wash from the glass
I may look back the rest of my life
Just hold me forever tonight

Music and Lyrics by Jimmy Dunne & J. Elizabeth Bradley