Waltz

See the light through the glass now the moon's looking in
See the light where she's keeping her vigil
She can see where we're blind - for the night is her twin
In the shadows and mist when the world's still

She will be there to see him and call out his name
For his touch, for his strong arms around her
It's been twenty years now, but her heart's still the same
Though not one spark of hope ever found her

So he never came back on a spring night like this
Come the news come a grave without coffin
But she talks to the wind from the deepest abyss
Now forever she waits for her Franklin

Come so softly his breathing so close again
Come a picture of bridegroom and bride
Come a gift of forgetfulness, be her friend
Keep her safe from what's burning inside

She will stand at her window as darkness comes down
She will search in the night for an omen
He will be there, she knows, when the hour comes around
That's the way with a man and a woman