I hope that you will understand
I have no need to win her heart
I just have years of need to know
Did she understand the part
Of me she saw so many years ago
One April night when time stood still
She'd looked into an emptiness
That only you have filled
Embarrassed by old memories
I search for shreds of dignity
Some token that says she had seen
And recognized that it had been
An involuntary cry whose cause
Was some uncertain sense of loss
A momentary glimpse at pain
Behind a mask that would not slip again
And maybe when you hear this song
Someday you'll come to understand
This was no waywardness along
My road, no loss of self-command
Just purging of a fear to know
What image I'd find in this cask
I want you to know this my love
To you I've never worn a mask
You know you are, have always been
Will always be my woman, first and last
My woman, first and last
And maybe when you hear this song
Someday you'll come to understand
This was no waywardness along
My road, no loss of self-command:
Just purging of a fear to know
What image I'd find in this cask
I want you to know this my love
To you I've never worn a mask
You know you are, have always been
Will always be my woman, first and last
My woman, first and last