Paid My Dues (Loving You)

Found a photo from my teens
In the pocket of my old blue jeans
We were heading off to catch a train
Stranger took our picture in the rain
There was revelation in the air
You smiled and sat on the platform chair
All I could think of and would
Was love you like no other could.
An ember like a glowing coal
Etched across my very soul
For it was always you I’d choose
God knows I’ve paid my dues loving you
She was just 16 when we first met
I was her first real love I guess
Both fresh and young out of school
But I found it hard to keep my cool
Took a train as far with the money tight
But wretched on a wretched night
Heading South in search of the sun
We decided it was all undone
And as you turned and walked away
My heart so heavy in dismay
For I knew what I would lose
God knows I’ve paid my dues loving you.
Late one night under starry skies
Lost in thought, thinking about your eyes,
I was drinking too much wine,
And wondering if you’d changed with time.
And every day I lay to rest
Your heart still beating in my chest
All along those thoughts ensued
God knows I’ve paid my dues
Loving You…