Hummingbird

When I met her she was just engaged

I was only twenty-three

She left right when I said hello

I pursued her in my dreams

And when I found the courage

For to speak more than a word

She was dressed in green and wild as night

All like a hummingbird

She stole my heart some more each day

And she said, "You should be mine"

We married in her father's house

Beneath the autumn sky

Blissfully I watched her darting round and out of sight

And I knew I couldn't hold on long

These hands are much too tight

Yeah, she slipped

And then she slides

Here she comes

And there she flies

She's said she'll travel by my side

Unless death should do us part

It was in some crowded city street

That stopped her beating heart

So gone before we made one year

Like all good things, she passed

She disappeared into the breeze

And flew out for the last

In these times of constant change

I'm holding on for you

You're the one whose affections I still crave

The one my world clings to

And these words of mine escape my mouth

And travel without bounds

Up through the clouds and into space

There run devotion sounds

You can hear them

Yeah, she slipped

And there she slides

Here she comes

And there she flies

If I could be with her again

I don't know what I would say

But I'll always know her by her shape

Between the night and day

And she comes to me in glimpses now

As fleeting as a word

Flashes bright and disappears

My darling

My darling

Hummingbird