Why Can't I Forget

I have the world's worst memory

Many times a day, I say,

Where did I leave my key?

Where have I put my purse?

Where else should I be?

It's perverse

A life of hide-and-seek

I never know the date and worse,

The day of the week

So, why can't I forget

The day I met him?

He held the door and let me go ahead

Rushing to our separate lives

We took a walk instead

Why can't I forget him

And every word he said?

I'm always sending Christmas cards

They're more interesting in spring

Only my banker knows

The checks I forgot to sign

Where did I get these clothes?

They're not mine!

I made myself a list

Of things I really have to find

But where is that list?

So, why can't I forget

Those summer evenings

He'd wait for me outside our small cafe?

We were both like kids again

We had so much to say

Why can't I forget him?

It's funny in a way

Funny just remembering

The way we laughed at ev'rything

I found the one that I'd been waiting for

I could hardly recognize

The woman I was in his eyes,

A woman I had never known before

Why can't I forget

The way he touched me?

I see his face, desire in his eyes,

The smile he gave to no one else,

His silences and sighs

Why can't I forget

The way he loved me,

The way I loved him,

And the way he said goodbye?