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