It Never Entered My Mind

Once I laughed when I heard you saying

That I'd be playing solitaire

Uneasy in my easy chair

It never entered my mind

Once you told me I was mistaken

That I'd awaken with the sun

And order orange juice for one

It never entered my mind

You have what I lack myself

And now I even have to scratch my back myself

Once you warned me that if you scorned me

I'd sing a lover's prayer again (Ooh, ooh, ooh)

And wish that you were there again

To get into my hair again

It never entered my mind

When you are old and grey and full of sleep

And nodding by the fire

Take down this book and slowly read

And dream of the soft look your eyes had once

And of their shadows deep

How many loved your moments of glad grace

And loved your beauty with love false or true

But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you

And loved the sorrows of your changing face

And bending down beside the glowing bars

Murmur, a little sadly, how love fled

And paced upon the mountains overhead

And hid his face amid a crowd of stars