Passed through main street yesterdayAnd, oh, this town just ain't the sameLooked in the window and it was goneAll those tables I'd written onWe're vanished as if I had never been thereLike the poets and prophets who can't find the words so they stareAnd all that made sense has somehow turned askewI missed my chance with youThere were seconds then minutes then years that I could not breatheIn the Pere Lachaise with the hammer the chisel and the stoneNow I've bartered and begged for what I believedAnd I saw that the name engraved was my ownNow there's nothing so peaceful as when I met youAnd there's nothing so lonely as when it was throughAnd the words, "I'm not here anymore", echo into"I missed my chance with you"Had love play so many tricks on meI've always felt cheated that you'd make me leaveLike taking my sight after letting me seeBut I found out love had something up it's sleeveLeave me scattered like leaves by winds that never blewWhen I captured the startsIn the palm of my hand it was trueI'd just give them back to youI was seventeen, but just for one yearI always knew one day, I'd end up hereAnd the sands have now fallen to the evening of my afternoonI'm was always so ready to stay and always leaving too soonAnd I don't want to think about it now, but I doAnd my spirit is restless'Cause I know it's trueI missed my chance with you
