The Stars Compel

After "If You Leave" by OMD (can also be sung to "99 Red Balloons")

Your world is one of starry skies,
Of unicorns and soft guitars.
My world is one of ritual,
Of daily prayers and Jewish stars.

Now we've been friends for seven years,
Never asking how or why,
From Goodnight Moon to The Little Prince
We were always staring at the sky.

We were reading Ivanhoe,
I Rebecca, you the prince,
And when he said those words to her
When I answered back, it made you wince.

Seven years and so much changed,
And still we're staring at the sky.
It's seven years since Ivanhoe,
But the memory still makes me cry.

And then I'm wishing on a star,
I hope to God I'll see you soon.
I hear your voice inside my head;
Goodnight stars and goodnight moon

With all the time that's flowing past,
Across the lines and boundaries,
All the stars align at last,
An augerie for me to see . . .

I've found you once, I'll find you twice,
For every friendship there's a price,
If I can know you now, like I knew you then,
If God is just, we will be friends . . . someday

There are things, Horatio,
Not dreamt of in philosophy.
When Scott was writing Ivanhoe,
Did the stars tell him of you and me . . . someday.

June 28, 1999

Someday . . .