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i’ve got your face engraved   deeply in my heart
i’ve got your name tattooed   upon every part

yet when i search the faceless crowd each day
i come away with nothing but dismay

i will recognize you    of that i’m always sure
but time and time again    i am vexed by failure

i know your face and name    i know who you are
yet i’m not getting closer    and you are still so far

will i only meet you    when i should forget
everything of you i had in memory set

what if i should fail to recognize you then
my Love my Dream     will my search then never end

and if at Death’s dawn we still have not met yet
then i am doomed to die with this regret