The Love We Almost Had

My heart is in another's keeping All but one small part A piece that somehow found its way To hide inside your heart I can go a day or three With not one thought of you But then I see a crooked smile That draws me back into The way you almost held my hand, dear The time you kissed my cheek The words that never left your lips, love But I heard week after week The waltzes that we left untaken The glances drove us mad The life we didn't live together And the love that we almost had I remember it so clearly The day you first came in The bight light in your eye The brown velvet of your skin The instant ancient understanding Of what I already knew That spark of useless fire The pull that led us to The way you almost held my hand, dear The time you kissed my cheek The words that never left your lips, love But I heard week after week The waltzes that we left untaken The glances drove us mad The life we didn't live together And the love that we almost had The way you almost held my hand, dear The time you kissed my cheek The words that never left your lips, love But I heard week after week The waltzes that we left untaken The glances drove us mad The life we didn't live together And the love that we almost had Oh, the love that we almost had The love that we almost had --- The Love We Almost Had - Rhiannon Giddens