Pastorale / Arleen Auger & Dalton Baldwin

Before I gaze at you again
I'll need a time for tears
Before I gaze at you again
Let hours turn to years
I have so much forgetting to do
Before I try to gaze again at you

Stay away until you cross my mind
Barely once a day
Till the moment I awake and find
I can smile and say
That I can gaze at you again
Without a blush or qualm
My eyes ashine like new again
My manner poised and calm

Stay far away, my love, far away
Till I forget I gazed at you today
Today, today