And as I turned to make my way back home
We went to have ourselves a drink or two
We took her groceries to the checkout stand
Who kept her warm and safe and dry
She said she saw me in the record stores
We drank a toast to innocence
And tried to reach beyond the emptiness
If I saw doubt or gratitude
We drank a toast to now
And felt that old familiar pain
We bought a six-pack at the liquor store
She said she'd married her an architect
And we drank it in her car
I stole behind her in the frozen foods
And I touched her on the sleeve
And we laughed until we cried
And tried to reach beyond the emptiness
Reliving in our eloquence
I said the audience was heavenly
We drank a toast to now
But couldn't find an open bar
And running out of things to say
But neither one knew how
And that her eyes were still as blue
We stood there lost in our embarrassment
Another 'Auld Lang Syne'
And I watched her drive away
We drank a toast to innocence
She didn't recognize the face at first
She would have liked to say she loved the man
She went to hug me and she spilled her purse
And that I must be doing well
But she didn't like to lie
But neither one knew how
Just for a moment I was back at school
But then her eyes flew open wide
The beer was empty and our tongues were tired
But the traveling was hell
As the conversation dragged
But in those eyes I wasn't sure
We drank a toast to innocence
The food was totaled up and bagged
She gave a kiss to me as I got out
We drank a toast to time
I said the years had been a friend to her