ANATOLY:
Knowing I want you
Knowing I love you
I can’t explain
Why I remain
careless about you
FLORENCE:
I’ve been a fool to allow
Dreams to become
Great expectations
ANATOLY:
How can I love you so much
Yet make no move?
BOTH:
I pray the days and nights
In their endless weary procession
Soon overwhelm my sad obsession
You and I we’ve seen it all
Chasing our hearts’ desire
But we go on pretending
Stories like ours
Have happy endings
ANATOLY:
You could not give me
More than you gave me
Why should there be
Something in me
Still discontented
FLORENCE:
I won’t look back anymore
And if I do-just for a moment
ANATOLY:
I’d soon be happy to say
I knew her well
BOTH:
But if you hear today
I’m no longer
Quite so devoted to this affair
I’ve been misquoted
You and I
We’ve seen it all
Chasing our hearts’ desire
But we go on pretending
Stories like ours
Have happy endings
