Across The Dance Hall Floor

This story is formulated from an experience related to me by some one very dear to me and it has remained in a corner of my memory for many years...I think it's time now to bring it into the light.
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She walks across the dance hall floor, a happy smile upon her face
She say's she's glad to see me, though she's surprised to see me in this place

She'll say she never shoulda left me, and say "...baby, take me back again."
Well, I always knew she'd be mine once more, that someday I would win.

Remembering all the love we shared as our eyes meet in this dance hall light
You know, I never gave up waiting for her. Now, I'll be with her again tonight.

She's in my arms and whispers, "Babe, there's something you should know."
Says she's met someone who makes her happier than she's ever been before!

Well, I know I'll never have her back now. Lord, I know for us this is the end.
And my heart breaks as she tells me all the things that she's lovin about him.

She said I should be happy for her, that I was the first one that she had told.
Lord, I had to walk away from her, back into the darkness and the cold.

Well, I've walked alone for many hours, through this painful lonely night
and I begin to feel a bit more easy now. Things look better in the sunlight.

I'll go on with my own life now, I see our love was never meant to be
But it's gonna take a really long time. It hurts to know she don't love me.

..............................................................................By Helen Thomas