A Sentimental Look

Evening sun is sinking low
Gazin’ out the kitchen window
Radio’s tuned to an oldies station
I’m driftin’ away on a song they’re playin’
I see pictures of you and me
and I know as I leaf through our memories

It’s just a sentimental look
Back through the old times when you were mine
It’s just a faded scrapbook
Turned to my favorite place
Your smiling face
It’s only a sentimental look

In the front room late one night
We were dancin’ by candlelight
The same radio played a Beatles tune
You said, “Listen to the words, they’re from me to you”
They were singin’ ‘bout love that lasts
I’m well aware there’s no future in the past

It’s just a sentimental look
Back through the old times when you were mine
It’s just a faded scrapbook
Turned to my favorite place
Your smiling face
It’s only a sentimental look


© Richard Helm