I was driving north away from home
Barely had a drop of gas
I pulled off in a town
Where I used to live
The East West Cafe
I knew I couldn’t stay
I couldn’t stay away
So many years have slipped away
Oh from the day
From the day, we first met
I’d been thinking about you for a while
And why you wrote to me
And there just off the freeway
And there it was
The East West Cafe
I knew I couldn’t stay
I couldn’t stay away
So many years have slipped away
Oh from the day
From the day, we first met
Oh tell me why can’t we go back
It’s never as sweet as the first time
It’s never quite what we remember
But our life and our chance has passed us by
When I walked in that final time
How I’d hoped things had changed
I took one last look at you
Then I drove away
The East West Cafe
I knew I couldn’t stay
I couldn’t stay away
So many years have slipped away
Oh from the day
From the day, we first met
Angie Foster © 2009
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