FADED INTO THE NIGHT
©  Robin Whitehead

Oh she didn’t like singing
Never one for a show
But dancing in waltz time
She really let go

Not one for bright diamonds
Or ruby red rings
But moving in ¾
To the sweet fiddles strings

And how I wish that I’d asked her
How I wish that I’d dared
But the fear of rejection
Left me too scared
And how I wish that I’d held her
When they dimmed down the lights
But she danced right on by me
And faded into the night

And sometimes I still see her
The girl with no name
She stills move like a dancer
She still looks the same

So the waltzes they faded
But the memories stayed strong
Of the smoky old dance hall
And the sweet fiddle song

And how I wish that I’d asked her
How I wish that I’d dared
But the fear of rejection
Left me too scared
And how I wish that I’d held her
When they dimmed down the lights
But she danced right on by me
And faded into the night