Since I marked my Christmas with music (and because I am ill), I thought that I would end the year with a song. As a young girl, I was always moved by Dan Fogelberg songs. I knew every word to American Pie (even the long version) but I especially enjoyed this melancholy ode to lost dreams and past loves.2012 is over and 2013 has begun and there will be so much to say but for tonight I will just say Happy New Year to all my friends. May this year be the year that all your dreams come true... all but one so that you may always have a reason to dream.Met my old lover in a grocery storeThe snow was falling Christmas EveStole behind her in the frozen foodsand I touched her on the sleeveShe didn't recognize the face at firstbut then her eyes flew open wideShe went to hug me and she spilled her purseand we laughed until we criedTook her groceries to the checkout standThe food was totaled up and baggedstood there lost in our embarrassmentas the conversation draggedWent to have ourselves a drink or twobut couldn't find an open barWe bought a six-pack at the liquor storeand we drank it in her carWe drank a toast to innocence, we drank a toast to nowTried to reach beyond the emptiness but neither one knew howShe said she'd married her an architectKept her warm and safe and dryShe really liked to say she loved the manbut she didn't want to lieI said the years had been a friend to herand that her eyes were still as blueBut in those eyes I wasn't sure if I saw doubt or gratitudeShe said she saw me in the record storeand that I must be doing wellI said the audience was heavenlybut the traveling was hellWe drank a toast to innocence we drank a toast to timeWe're living in our eloquence, another old lang syneThe beers were empty and our tongues grew tiredand running out of things to sayShe gave a kiss to me as I got outand I watched her drive awayJust for a moment I was back in schoolAnd felt that old familiar painAnd as I turned to make my way back homethe snow turned into rain[. From: http://www.elyrics.net .]
