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A love song in the moonlight The lonely hours till dawn Some memories are a picture Some feelings are a song Our love could paint a rainbow And dance among the beams As songs turned into silence I knew I had to leave The roses were rare And the thorns sharp and long I remember I lived for your smile Like a glimpse of the sun in the winter Shadows of happiness never stayed long Like a break in the clouds Like the fresh fallen snow Moments so fleeting I knew I should go I knew I had to go I knew I had to leave I couldn't be my best for you You weren't you're best for me I had to walk away From all I knew I had to let you go I had to leave I had to Our summer turned to winter Like leaves on autumn trees Blown away with every promise I knew I had to leave The roses were rare And the thorns sharp and long I remember I lived for your smile Like a glimpse of the sun in the winter Shadows of happiness never stayed long Like a break in the clouds Like the fresh fallen snow Moments so fleeting I knew I should go I knew I had to go I knew I had to leave I couldn't be my best for you You weren't you're best for me I had to walk away From all I knew I had to let you go I had to leave I had to I had let you go I had to leave I had to