Jeremiah

Way up high where the air is thin

On a cold night just like this

A young man laid out a life for me

And sealed each oath with a kiss

And I, betrothed to another

With a sigh, stepped away from my lover

Forlorn, I forswore, and I'll never forget...

Jeremiah, goodbye to you for the first time

The stars refuse to align for us

And it'll burn us up

For the rest of our lives

Years went by and my life dragged on

Haunted by those eyes

I was wed to a decent man

When all too soon he died

So I ran to my first love, still tender

But I found, he was not who I remembered

Hardened, heartsick, he was too far away

Jeremiah, goodbye to you for the second time

The stars refuse to align for us

And it'll burn us up

For the rest of our lives

Last I heard he had sailed away

To a land I've never seen

From time to time I still think of him

And still he writes to me

Jeremiah, goodbye to you for the hundredth time

The stars refuse to align for us

And it'll burn us up

For the rest of our lives