While You Live

They can tear down the monuments
Of the sentiments of our past
We can forget our childhoods
And kill all our moments

But before you die
I'll play you the song
I sang through your open window
That one summer along with the breeze so warm

We can spend all our money
We can spend our whole life
Living royal and wealthy
Just by being satisfied

And before you die
I'll serenade the same song
I courted you with
When we were young

They can tear the roof off your house
And your home's still the sky
You'll lay down in the gutter
While the water rolls by

Overwrought with a fever
Hot flashes and chills
Can make you jerk and stutter
And pull at your will

Until after a while
Of daydreaming like a child
The glaze on your eyes
Shines all through

And then before you die
I'll play you the song
I wrote for our love
One more time