The Echo of Your Laugh

The cafe's quiet now, just the clink of glass

And the ghost of your perfume, lingering in the past

Forty years have flown, like autumn leaves in the breeze

But the echo of your laugh still rustles through these trees

The echo of your laugh, a melody so sweet

A first love's serenade, a rhythm for my feet

Across the crowded years, it finds its way to me

The echo of your laugh, eternally carefree

We were young and foolish, dreams held in our eyes

Beneath the summer moon, beneath the starlit skies

A stolen kiss, a promise whispered low

A love we thought would last, but time began to flow

The echo of your laugh, a melody so sweet

A first love's serenade, a rhythm for my feet

Across the crowded years, it finds its way to me

The echo of your laugh, eternally carefree

Life took us different paths, a twist of fate it seems

But in my quiet moments, I relive those youthful dreams

And though we're miles apart, and seasons come and go

The memory of your smile continues to softly glow

The echo of your laugh, a melody so sweet

A first love's serenade, a rhythm for my feet

Across the crowded years, it finds its way to me

The echo of your laugh, eternally carefree

Eternally carefree… your laugh, my love, my life.

The echo remains, cutting through all the strife.