Promenade

Baby, I remember the way you held my hand
I tried my best to tell you, but you wouldn't understand
Now I think about you always, and to myself I say your name
The way we were when forever was just another day

I traded your sweetness for my loneliness
And your confidence for my own regret
And your simple grace for this disarray
That's my stock and trade while you promenade
Promenade, yeah

Sometimes I'm singing to the ceiling
Sometimes I'm talking to the walls
Sometimes I forget this feeling
It ever mattered at all

But in the evening when the sun's down
There's a sadness on its way
It's like a ghost that knows my address
And where I lay

I traded your sweetness for my loneliness
And your confidence for my own regret
And your simple grace for this disarray
That's my stock and trade while you promenade
Promenade

Somehow my losing just comes natural
Like a southern Democrat
Oh, nostalgia haunts my memory
And stands in my path

You promenade to the city
You promenade to the shore
The gentlemen says that you look pretty
So promenade 'round the floor
And now I think about you always
And to myself I say your name
The way we were when forever was just another day

I traded your sweetness for my loneliness
And your confidence for my own regret
And your simple grace for this disarray
That's my stock and trade while you promenade
Promenade

Promenade
Promenade
Yeah-yeah-yeah