Echoes on the Canal

Moonlight dripping on the waterline

Gondola sways with the hands of time

Old stone bridges whisper your name

Venice still looks exactly the same

Your laughter echoes down these streets

Like broken glass beneath my feet

I trace your shadow in the wine

Another memory out of time

We were echoes on the canal

Drifting where the night would fall

Your hand slipped slowly out of mine

Like church bells fading over time

Oh love, we had it all

On the echoes of the canal

Cigarette smoke, espresso stains

Promises lost in summer rain

Your red dress in the candle glow

A love I didn’t know to hold

Now every corner hums your tune

A saxophone beneath the moon

I close my eyes, you’re here again

Then silence answers in the end

We were echoes on the canal

Two hearts dancing at the fall

Your voice still rides the evening air

But I’m the only one still there

Oh love, we had it all

On the echoes of the canal

If I could row back through those days

I’d say the words I threw away

But tides don’t turn for lonely men

They just keep pulling me back then

We were echoes on the canal

Fading as the shadows crawl

Your kiss still tastes like cheap red wine

A bittersweet Venetian sign

Oh love, we had it all

On the echoes of the canal

The gondola keeps moving on

But I’m still here with you… and gone