American Dream

Pardon me, is your love taken?
Hope I haven't been mistaken
Thinking you might love me, you might love me
Now here's my invitation
I have made the reservation
For an evening for two, an evening with you
But if you say this can't be then all I can say is
Won't you pardon me?
I don't think that I can take it
If you say that you can't make it
This evening at eight, please don't be late
I know that you're admired
But don't say that you are tired
And you'd like to decline till some other time

I think that you should know the way that I feel
Yes, I love you
How nice it would be to spend an evening alone with you
I think that you should know the way that I feel
Yes, I love you
How nice it would be to spend an evening alone with you
Pardon me, is your love taken?
Hope I haven't been mistaken
Thinking you might love me, you might love me
Now here's my invitation
I have made the reservation
For an evening for two, an evening with you

Someone in my family has died
My mother she cries as my father he comes to tell me
Someone in our family has died
He says to me in a voice soft and shaking like a baby

Just yesterday she was here now she's gone
It does not seem like it's real, something's wrong
She's gone, she's gone

I can still see her face as I left
When I saw her this morning things were bright and fresh

It was a new day

I can still hear the last thing that she said
Now everyone's mourning her death
Now that she's passed away

Just yesterday she was here now she's gone
It does not seem like it's real, something's wrong
She's gone, she's gone

I can still hear the last thing that she said
"A bird with a broken wing never soars so high again"