she was so young

off in the corner

the restaurant dim

he looks at her and she smiling at him

wish you could hear what he's trying to say

slipped in between while the waiter's away

she is so young in the spring of her life

he in his autumn

and i know his wife

he took a chance when it came to him

then

he found it's too late to start over again

life can be so hard at times

man's only mortal and oftentimes frail

hard to success but so easy to fail

now he must tell her of all of his past

she will be leaving

it's over at last

left without either to love or forget

hoping to undo what he's done and yet

she was so young and so hard to resist

he always felt there was something he missed

here comes the waiter

the bill on his tray

only a part of the price he must pay

cause life can be so hard at times

man's only mortal and so often frail

hard to success but so easy to fail