Home Again

You were just a boy in love
And love permeated all our feelings
Among the balls of the season
Among the lilacs in bloom
When you beckoned me aside, and sighed
How could I have known your meaning?
Among the lilacs, among the lilacs
And then — you were gone

Oh I wanted to be there
Oh I wanted to see it
And I wanted to hear it
Loud as thunder!

You never knew how dearly Sonya cried
It tore her up, your leaving
Among the danses élégantes
Among the violets in June
When Papa told us, she almost died —
You were “honorably retreating”!
For all the singing and dancing
I could still feel that you were gone

Oh I wanted to be there
Oh I wanted to see it
And I wanted to hear it
Loud as thunder!

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I know there’s not a thing I can do to get you to turn around
I know there’s not a word I can say to change your mind
Alors, adieu chéri, darling Nicolai

But I shall freeze
Hold my breath
And I won’t let it go

And now your leaving feels like madness
Now that I know the hour is close at hand
Alors, adieu chéri, darling Nicolai

But I shall freeze
Hold my breath
And I won’t let it go
Till you’re home again
Home again
Home again
Home again
I shall freeze
And I won’t let go