Beyond the ridge to the left You asked me what I want Between the trees and the chirping By the shaded pond I spent an hour with you Should I want anything else? She rose and winked Like the owner of a candy store We were sixteen, maybe less Maybe a little more I walked home smiling I finally had a story to tell And though an autumn time lullaby Sang our newborn love to sleep My brother wrote me he saw her there In the woods one Christmas Eve Asleep I met my wife at a party When I drank too much My son is married And tells me we don't talk enough It's so predictable Yesterday my dream was of you Beyond the ridge on the left The sun had left the sky Between the trees and the pond You put your hand in mine Said, "Time has bridled us both But I remember it too" And though an autumn time lullaby Sang our newborn love to sleep I dreamt I'd traveled and found you there In the woods one Christmas Eve With me