And I remember her on the streets of New York City As I walked the night needing some place warm to go As she passed I said 'Hey there's snowflakes on your lashes' And she laughed and said, 'That isn't snow'
She said, 'they're feathers from a pillow God is shaking in the sky' And she opened smiling lips to catch a snowflake blowing by And we both began to laugh and then I looked into her eyes And it was warm again
But I never got to know her very well All we did was spend a little time You're waiting for a story but there's really none to tell She's just a passing shadow on my mind
But I remember her as we woke up warm together In her sunlit room, and she said, 'I'll help you pack' And she sewed my shirt and I said, 'I'll stay forever' But she laughed and put some cookies in my sack
And she said 'Leave a trail of cookie crumbs as you walk through the snow And someday I'll follow after and I'll find you where you go' And I left her in her doorway but why I'll never know But I was younger then
So I never got to know her very well All we did was spend a little time You're waiting for a story but there's really none to tell She's just a passing shadow on my mind
Oh you're waiting for a story but there's really none to tell