Would You Have Kissed Me Anyway?

We drank and sang until the dawn
I hoped you would be there
If you had been, I wondered
Would you have kissed me anyway?

I found you in the morning
We’d both been up all night
If we’d kissed then I wondered
If jealousy would’ve started a fight
…and it did

You walked off when the cops came
It was like my favorite dream
When I saw you standing near the falls
And heard your laugh in the stream

I walked on down to touch you
If the cops hadn’t chased us away
When I tried to take your hand
Would you have kissed me anyway?

Notes: About how hard it is to find love in the world. Performing this song on stage at the old Hearthstone Pub in Dallas, PA was one of my most satisfying moments in music. My late friend Larry Nulton was running sound for me and would never allow my scream at the end to be so loud again- unfortunately, after that he always turned the gain down when I got to that part. The first time must’ve been ear-piercing. LOL.