Don't Touc

(crystal bernard)

Thank you for asking
It's a beautiful ring
A symbol of love surrendering
But i don't believe in
To have and to hold
It's not worth it's weight in gold

Here in my music box
Are old souvenirs
Love that was promised through the years
The hinges are broken
The music is gone
The memory still lives on

What i did for love
He gave me a promise ring
I cried - then i gave him my life
He left - and i learned to live by myself
I tried - but it wasn't enough
What i did for love

Small cinderella doesn't turn anymore
Her face isn't like it was before
The rosette of gold was in the shape
Of a heart
But years let it fall apart

What i did for love
He gave an engagement ring
I cried - then i gave him my life
He left - and i learned to live by myself
I tried - but it wasn't enough
What i did for love

Charms on my bracelet count the years we'd grow old
It's funny i thought it was gold
But one thing still shinging is my old weddings band
The mark is still on my hand

What i did for love
He gave me a wedding ring
I cried - then i gave him my life
He left - and i learned to live by myself
I tried - but it wasn't enough
What i did for love

So thank you for asking it's a beautiful ring
A symbol of love surrendering
Valued for rarity - not for it's weight
I guess you just came too late

(crystal bernard/david rhyne)

A million dollar face
So ivory and fair
That launched a thousand ships
Danced with fred astaire
Lusted for her dreams
So passionate and wild
So talented it seemed
Everybody wants to be a gardenia
So beautiful and delicate to touch
Something 'bout the way we loved gardenia

As the years went by
Her beauty didn't fade
Movies didn't come
She felt so betrayed because
The more she had to give
The less they want to buy
I guess she outlived
Her moment in the sun to be gardenia
So beautiful and delicate to touch
Something 'bout the way we loved gardenia
Hadn't seen her for sometime
And i apologized
I said i'd give my youth to you
For the wisdom in your eyes
I wish i'd been there every day
To take good care of you
She said baby, don't you cry
I knew you'd come in time to see gardenia
And with her fragile hand she said good-bye
Something 'bout the way we loved gardenia

She still sits out on the range
Sun sets, she looks like a rose in the rain
Waiting and praying he's coming again
He rode like the breath of nero
A real man - laid down his life for a friend
Fought for her life to the bitter end

And she won't care how long or where or when
She still believes he's coming 'round the bend
Until the last real cowboy rides again
She's saving all her sun sets until then love never ends

Six years since he's been gone
Some say they heard her calling her name
Dancing with him through the window pane
It can't be she must be crazy
Must be that she's got a heart that won't mend
But i think she visits him in the wind

When a cool breeze is rushing through her hair
There's one hand on her heart
The other she's waving in the air

(crystal bernard/david rhyne)

I came across a
Dusty photograph
I hope the 80's don't come back
My hair was so high
Yours was parted on the side
I laughed until i cried

Reminiscing - us in the
Movies kissing
In our favorite jordache jeans
Oh i remember crying through
The way we were
Never knowing i'd be her

So i went back to how i used to feel
When big mistakes we made
Seemed like no big deal
Where everyday was better than the day before
But we don't live there anymore

I opened up our
Box of 45's
Oh what memories they revive
Penny love - never made me cry
But it's sure killing me tonight

I've got one eye on the roses
I've got the other on the road ahead of us
I've got two hands on this plow before me
I've got one heart and a head full of dreams

Oh but none could come true
Without you
Oh none could come true
Without you
I've been dreaming so long with you
That it would be wrong to dream without you

I know that my dreams sometimes scare you
When you're thinking if i win that you might lose
Oh but darling that's just not true
My independence is a gift that i share with you

The changes are shaking us up a bit - oh yeah
The changes are making us sit up straight
Oh, the changes are waking us up to the fact
That the best part of the dreams are the changes they bring
That only proves that...